Dutch company ‘Nerdalize’ is launching a pilot scheme that uses the energy from computer servers to heat water, allowing citizens to take showers for free as part of a wider plan to distribute free ‘server heat’ to everyone in the Netherlands. The innovative start-up is hoping to capitalize on the excess heat from computer servers and data centers and there’s a lot of it – data centers currently emit more CO2 than the global airline
Dutch households to trial using data servers to heat hot water for free
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