Digital Energy repurposes waste heat from AI data centers to provide greenhouses with zero-cost, CO₂-free heat. This eliminates heating capital and operational expenses, ensuring a stable, round-the-clock supply while enabling greenhouse operators to meet decarbonization mandates.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Greenhouse operators face rising heating costs and increasing tax burdens, while strict decarbonization policies make traditional heating systems like Combined Heat and Power (CHP) less viable. Grid congestion also limits energy-intensive growth and expansion opportunities.
Solution
Digital Energy provides a solution that repurposes waste heat from high-performance data centers to supply greenhouses with zero-cost, CO₂-free heat. This model eliminates capital expenditure and operational costs for heating, ensuring a stable, round-the-clock heat supply. By integrating Digital Energy's data centers, greenhouse operators can optimize energy efficiency, reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and meet sustainability mandates. The system allows for the freeing up of existing heating capacity, such as CHP or e-boilers, and offers the potential to generate additional revenue by selling surplus heat.
Target Audience
The primary customers are greenhouse operators with significant year-round heating requirements, specifically those with a minimum of 10 hectares of cultivation space and a need for at least 5MW of contract capacity.
Features
- High-performance data centers designed to capture and repurpose waste heat generated from AI computing.
- Heat transfer system that delivers water heated to 70-80°C, suitable for greenhouse climate control.
- Seamless integration with existing greenhouse boiler systems.
- Zero CAPEX and OPEX for heating infrastructure for the greenhouse operator.
- Data-driven heat solution providing stable, continuous heat supply.
- Partnership model where Digital Energy provides the heat infrastructure and the greenhouse provides the space.
- Grid-optimized heat solution designed to reduce fossil fuel dependency.