Extract heat from data centres
Data centres & society have much to gain from the use of excess heat. Learn how to extract heat in the Nordic countries and make your data centre more sustainable.
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Extract heat from data centres
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Four reasons to invest in heat extraction
- Data centres produce large amounts of excess heat, which today is largely wasted. And for many data centres this represents a massive potential in the journey towards decarbonizing operations.
- The world is in the middle of a global energy crisis. Energy prices are skyrocketing. Your company can help Denmark with the green transition and stop the dependence of Russian gas.
- The European Commission suggests that all data centres of more than 1 MW should perform a cost benefit analysis to investigate whether the excess heat can be used in the district heating supply.
- The tax on excess heat based on electricity has been lifted in Denmark.
From A to B with proven experience
Meet the experts
Meet three of our top experts in heat extraction and strategic sustainability consulting. With their international experience in designing sustainable energy solutions for large data centres and our multidisciplinary mindset you will get insights and perspectives to pursue your options.
John Ammentorp, Director – Energy Systems
John Ammentorp has extensive knowledge and insight in the Energy Sector and is specialized in management of electrification, P2X, heat extraction and cross sector solutions. His focus is on setting the optimal project team based on the right combination of experiences as well as technical and personal skills.
Anna Ekdahl, Manager – Energy Transition
Anna has comprehensive expertise in the energy sector and is dedicated to help data centres and other energy-intensive industries succeed in the green energy transition. She is specializing in connecting and facilitating the business case development and dialogue between heat producers and heat off-takers.
Kristian Pedersen, Advisor – Sustainability Consulting
Kristian advises clients across a range of sectors, incl. data centres, industry, and district heating, on strategy and the commercial implications of sustainability and the green energy transition. For heat recovery projects, Kristian focus on measuring and realising both tangible and intangible value drivers.
Ramboll and datacentres in in the Nordic countries
+10
Rambøll is currently working on + 10 projects for data centres in the Nordic countries.
+350,000
Data centres in Scandinavia could soon supply more than 350,000 households with heat, if they invest in heat extraction.
12.000
Ramboll is the first and only company to design a heat extraction facility for a hyperscale datacentre. The energy is used to heat 12.000 households.
How can Ramboll help you?
We are a global architecture, engineering and consultancy company.
We help you capture the excess heat from data centres. Our offerings encompass the following:
- Planning, initial design of the system incl. piping to/from connection to the heat supplier
- Feasibility studies
- Potential approvement from the authorities
- Concept and detailed design
- Planning of tender process
- Control Strategy
- Supervision during construction and commissioning.
In addition, we will facilitate the dialogue between data centres, utilities, municipalities and others.
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