英国天然气试验使用数据处理中的过多热量来在房屋中提供免费的热水

该公司已与可持续的云业务Heata签署了一项协议，该协议将看到公司数据处理产生的热量直接引入家中热水缸。

British Gas is trialing a scheme to use excess heat from data processing to provide free hot water in homes.

英国天然气正在试用一项计划，以使用数据处理中的过量热量来在家庭中提供免费的热水。

The company has signed a deal with sustainable cloud business heata, which will see the heat generated by corporate data processing channeled directly into hot water cylinders in the home.

该公司已与可持续的云业务Heata签署了一项协议，该协议将使公司数据处理产生的热量直接引入了家中热水气缸。

As well as cutting heating costs for homeowners, British Gas said the scheme also avoids the need for energy-intensive cooling in the data center.

英国汽油表示，除了降低房主的供暖成本外，该计划还避免了数据中心的能源密集型冷却。

The system works through a small compute unit that’s attached to the resident's hot water cylinder. This works as a tiny ‘virtual data center’, processing data for cloud computing customers while providing free hot water for the homeowner.

该系统通过附在居民热水缸上的小型计算单元工作。这是一个很小的“虚拟数据中心”，为云计算客户处理数据，同时为房主提供免费的热水。

Each heata unit can provide up to 4kWh of hot water per day, according to the company.

该公司称，每个Heata单元每天最多可提供4KWH的热水。

British Gas has now officially launched the trial scheme, running its own data processing workloads on the heata units in ten employees' homes.

英国天然气现在已正式启动了试用计划，并在十个员工的房屋中的Heata单位上运行了自己的数据处理工作负载。

“Waste heat is a big problem for data centers, leading to significant energy costs for cooling. Yet heat is valuable. On the other side of the coin you have an energy crisis and people struggling to heat their homes,” said Chris Jordan, co-founder of heata.

“对于数据中心来说，废热是一个大问题，导致了巨大的冷却能源成本。但是热量很有价值。在硬币的另一侧，您遇到了能源危机，人们努力为自己的房屋加热。”

“British Gas launching this trial is a huge step and we would love to see other firms following their lead. Being able to say you have reduced your compute carbon footprint and provided free hot water to people during an energy crisis is hugely powerful for companies who take pride in their sustainability and social impact.”

“英国天然气开始这项审判是一个巨大的一步，我们很乐意看到其他公司遵循其领导。能够说您减少了计算碳足迹，并在能源危机期间为人们提供了免费的热水，这对于那些以其可持续性和社会影响而感到自豪的公司非常有力。”

While this is a tiny trial project, there are increasing moves to use the waste heat from data centers to power homes.

虽然这是一个很小的试用项目，但使用数据中心的废热进行了越来越多的动作。

The first large-scale scheme in the UK kicked off at the end of 2023 in the London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Brent, and Ealing, serving 10,000 new homes and 250,000m2 of commercial space, as well as a hospital.

英国的第一个大规模计划于2023年底在伦敦的Hammersmith和Fulham，Brent和Ealing的伦敦区开始，为10,000套新房屋和250,000平方米的商业空间提供服务，以及医院。

“Recycling the huge amounts of wasted heat from our local data centers into heat and energy for local residents, a major hospital and other users is an exciting and innovative example of OPDC’s support for the mayor’s net zero ambitions,” said David Lunts, chief executive of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC).

首席执行官戴维·兰特斯（David Lunts）说：“将当地数据中心浪费大量的热量回收为当地居民的热量和能量，一家大型医院和其他用户是OPDC对市长净零野心的支持的一个令人兴奋且创新的例子。”旧橡树和公园皇家发展公司（OPDC）

A report last year from techUK said the concept of data center heat reuse had significant promise, but identified a number of problems, including seasonal fluctuations and variable energy demand.

Techuk去年的一份报告说，数据中心的热使用概念有很大的希望，但发现了许多问题，包括季节性波动和可变的能源需求。

Meanwhile, new data centers take a while to fill, and operators have limited control over external factors such as occupancy levels. This, techUK noted, means that relying on exporting the majority of the available heat based on the maximum projected IT load carries a significant risk.

同时，新的数据中心需要一段时间才能填补，并且对外部因素（例如占用水平）的控制有限。 Techuk指出，这意味着依靠大多数可用热量的导出基于预计的最大载荷会带来重大风险。

The report recommended that data centers should look to reduce their energy consumption before implementing heat reuse.

该报告建议，数据中心应在实施热量之前减少其能耗。