DH · District heating
A municipal hot-water network able to absorb data-center waste heat; the pre-existing pipe in the ground, not the data center, is the asset that makes reuse bankable.
A network piping waste heat to warm nearby buildings; a primary outlet for data-center heat reuse in Europe.
Also written as: District heating
Current numbers
30+ DCs / 16 providersdata centers on Stockholm Exergi Open District Heating; example payment ~SEK 2M per MW of heat delivered per year
10% by 2035Stockholm Data Parks target for recovered data-center heat's share of city heat; Eurelectric puts Open District Heating at ~3.5%.