The UK is embracing innovative approaches to heat commercial swimming pools sustainably, with one remarkable method gaining attention from news sources. This groundbreaking technique involves installing mini data centers, each approximately the size of a laundry machine, underneath swimming pools. Already successfully implemented in Devon County, this sustainable initiative aims to revolutionize pool heating and tackle expensive technical challenges faced by both data centers and swimming facilities.

This partnership between pools and data centers addresses expensive technical challenges faced by both parties. Since the majority of electricity consumed by computers is eventually released as heat, data centers often struggle to cool down their hardware. Conversely, commercial pools require heating, but the soaring energy costs have led to the closure of many pools in the UK.

Mark Bjornsgaard, CEO of Deep Green, the technology firm providing pools with data centers, explained this practical collaboration: “We see that supply and demand as two sides of the same coin.”

According to Bjornsgaard, a staggering 97 percent of electricity consumed by computers is converted into heat. This has resulted in data centers being infamous for their excessive energy and water usage for cooling. To combat this issue and reduce resource consumption, companies like Microsoft have experimented with submerging servers in liquid baths and even underwater.

Deep Green’s innovative strategy involves immersing its hardware in mineral oil within a compact, laundry machine-sized box. The mineral oil effectively captures heat from the computers, which is then redirected to heat the pool above. This setup allows the Devon pool to maintain a temperature of around 86 degrees for approximately 60 percent of the time.

The implementation of this data center significantly reduces the pool’s reliance on a gas boiler. According to Deep Green, the data center reduces the pool’s gas consumption by an impressive 62 percent. This, in turn, is expected to curtail carbon dioxide emissions associated with gas usage by nearly 26 metric tons annually.

Moreover, this sustainable pool technology also brings substantial cost savings. For example, the Exmouth Leisure Centre in Devon, which houses one of Deep Green’s mini data centers, had initially projected its energy costs to soar by $120,000 this year. However, the data center is estimated to save about $24,000 from that bill.

Deep Green covers all expenses related to the equipment, installation, maintenance, and electricity usage of its technology. The company generates revenue by providing clients with access to the computing power of its servers for machine learning and AI applications. Additionally, by diverting waste heat to pools, Deep Green saves money that would have otherwise been spent on more expensive cooling systems.

Featured Photo: Mark Bjornsgaard – CEO of Deep Green

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