heating COP reported for most district-heating project cases in a 2025 review of data-center waste-heat use
COP ~3.2–5.0estimate
| Value kind | estimate — Interpret this value according to its displayed kind, scope, source, and as-of date. |
|---|---|
| Scope | A literature range across most of the project cases the review summarizes, not a design value. Take your project's COP from the rating of the machine you choose, at your actual source and sink temperatures and load. |
| As of | 2025 review; online 2025-05-19, September issue |
| Source | Yuan et al., Data center waste heat for district heating networks: A review, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 219, 115863 · §3, Table 3 discussion, printed p. 8 |
| Review | checking…review by 2027-04-14 · standard cadence |
| Recorded changes | last 2026-10-14 · 2 revisions tracked |
| Claim id | high-temperature-heat-pump-cop-across-the-lift |
Where the guide uses it
← Full numbers register — every date-stamped figure in the guide, with revision history.