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Aioloyesterday at 4:09 PM1 replyview on HN

In France, there are at least two companies that are trying (or tried) to commercialize something with a similar idea : domestic radiators that produce heats from embedded computers that are used as cloud infrastucture. - https://www.hestiia.com/en for the end-user market - https://qarnot.com/en that seems to have since pivoted to low-carbon footprint HPC (was mentionned here -- in French -- as doing computer-based heaters : https://www.takagreen.com/solutions/qarnot-radiateur-ordinat... )


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Aioloyesterday at 4:18 PM

And also, they are a lot of project to redistribute heat from data centers into city heat distribution systems. A data center for Equinix, for example, redistribute the generated heat into SMIREC heat network near Paris. This heat network is used, among other building, to heat an aquatic center that was used during the Olympics for Water Polo, diving and artistic swimming.

https://www.engie-solutions.com/fr/references/chaleur-fatale...