In 2019, the UK’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) – as it was then called – published an MMC Definition Framework (see my earlier article,.
The energy efficiency of data centres (PUE) is being increasingly regulated, especially in the EU.In Germany, specific regulations about the use of recovered heat are coming into force.
There is a great opportunity to use the recovered heat from DCs.However, there are significant problems in exploiting this, and there are country and regional variations in how schemes can work..In northern Europe, there is a precedent in community heating schemes, whereas in the UK this has never been common.
There are no established bodies or groups who can or will take the responsibility for installing and running these schemes.There are also operational and contractual issues to be overcome.. Clients of DCs want efficiency and reliability and are usually uninterested in wider operational considerations.
Equally, any local heating project where homes rely on a DC for their domestic heating would be compromised if the DC is shut down for weeks in winter.. Making use of this valuable waste energy requires these conundrums to be resolved.
This may become critical as the sustainability spotlight increasingly shines on these energy consumers..We are often asked what ‘Chip’ stands for.
It doesn't stand for anything.It's based on the idea of a microchip within a computer.
The microchip is the bit that does the hard work.It's the intelligent bit and the bit that adds value.. Chips are enabling tools that do a lot of work and add a lot of value.