Impact Category: Energy Consumption (kWh)

Priority: Leaner Cooling System/Data Center Heat Utilization

Cooling Systems consume less energy it self and are designed to make excess heat available to offtakers.

Cooling systems are designed to consume only 10% of the maximum utilized IT load and deliver 60% of their electrical input as excess heat to offtakers in non-tropical hemispheres.

Estimated timeframe: February 2021 to June 2024

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Affordable and Clean Energy (7)

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Identified challenges

These are the challenges and barriers identified to reach the target of this roadmap priority. They are grouped by supply chain layer based on our digital economy taxonomy.

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Data Center Facility

A model to determine the generation costs of heat from data center facilities is missing

Work in progressSub-RegionalEconomicsHigh

Heat recovery requires a standardized physical meet-me room between the heat-user and the facility

Raising awarenessSub-RegionalStandardizationHigh
Energy

A standardized contract framework for purchasing heat from data center facilities

Raising awarenessSub-RegionalStandardizationMedium
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