GreenHeat: Mapping Data Center Heat Reuse
Interactive waste heat map of Germany with all relevant information for an efficient reuse of waste heat by data centers
Challenge
Waste heat from data centers: From problem to solution
The Umweltinstitut München e.V. challenge leverages data center waste heat for energy efficiency and sustainability. The goal is to quantify waste heat and explore its potential for heating. This supports the renewable energy transition and Germany’s energy consumption reduction targets.
Team
Gabriel Brian-Grebot, Sophia Drimmel, Nicolas Haug, Vlad Panait, Patrick Mayer
Contact: nicolas.haug@hm.edu
About the prototype
The interactive waste heat map consists of different layers, each providing different information necessary for an efficient reuse of waste heat from data centers. The first layer displays the available waste heat from data centers, marked by pins across the region and with red circles representing the amount of waste heat produced. By clicking on the pins relevant data to each data center is provided. This layer can be used for the consideration of new heat sources. The second layer illustrates the heat demand by each area, including industrial and demographic data, highlighting areas with potentially high demand for heating. The third layer combines the first two layers and demonstrates areas with high potential for new data centers, as there is a high heat demand and no already existing data centers nearby.
Outputs
Further information about the progress, milestones, and roadblocks.
Matlab script of the waste heat map.
Picture of the prototype.
Picture of the prototype.
Picture of the prototype.
Impressions
