BATTERIES and ENERGY · Thermal energy optimisation and waste heat recovery of high energy demand IT rooms in buildings or small edge data centres

Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: • Improved open access to performance data, sharing of best-practices and useful knowledge and information for owners and operators of IT infrastructure, as well as the IT and building sectors; • New designs of IT rooms in buildings or small edge data centres valorise waste heat through thermal management techniques, processes and tools.

The growing energy needs of the ICT sector must be met while aligning with climate neutrality and sustainability goals. Small IT rooms or small data centres are an essential part of the twin green and digital transition. It is important to address the energy and resources consumption over the full ICT value chain. Solutions already exist, such as re-using waste heat from data centres, or moving towards circular models (longer lifetimes, reparability, reuse and…