Waste heat for more than 3,500 households

In Dielsdorf, Green is building three new high-performance data centers for data and IT systems for businesses and cloud providers. The campus is holistically designed for maximum energy efficiency and makes diligent use of resources.

The entire region benefits from the new heating network initiated by Green. The server waste heat supplies more than 3,500 households as well as industry and commerce with heating. And this significantly reduces carbon emissions.

What does the heating network achieve?

Fossil-fuelled heating systems account for 40% of the climate-damaging carbon emissions in the canton of Zurich. They are therefore to be gradually replaced by climate-neutral heating systems. District heating plays an important role as an ecological, convenient, and safe alternative. By distributing the waste heat from their servers, Green will soon make climate-neutral heating a reality in the Dielsdorf region.

Heating with waste heat makes ecological sense

Using district heating is ecologically sensible and convenient. Since data centers are designed to operate around the clock, waste heat is always available. Users benefit from a sustainable and secure supply.

District heating is good for the climate and the environment:

• Replacing fossil heating systems massively reduces CO2 emissions and heating oil consumption.
• Instead of letting valuable heat go to waste, the heat is being put to use.
• Renewable energy powers the heating system.
• Returning cold air to the data center reduces the energy consumption of the cooling systems. The heating network thus pays off twice.

The heating network is currently in the project planning phase. The connections to the first data center on the Metro Campus Zurich have been established, and the data center will go into operation in the 4th quarter of 2022.