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A comment on Zuck’s photos from Facebook’s futuristic Arctic data center. Parent comment

Re:Zuck’s photos from Facebook’s futuristic Arctic data center by kaybe on Thursday September 29, 2016 @11:19AM (#12605937)
I wonder whether they are using the heat for surrounding buildings. Otherwise it would just be wasted, which is sad.
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Re:Zuck’s photos from Facebook’s futuristic Arctic data center by SamBam on Thursday September 29, 2016 @11:26AM (#12605999)
Put one rack of servers in every house in Sweden. Each one warms the house a little bit.

Of course, you lose out on all the other advantages...

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Re:Zuck’s photos from Facebook’s futuristic Arctic data center by patjoh on Thursday September 29, 2016 @01:13PM (#12606990)
I don't know about this data center but in Sweden there a few energy companies where you can connect and sell your excess heat.

One such example energy company is https://oppenfjarrvarme.fortum.se/?lang=en

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