STOCKHOLM DATA PARKS
148 we are 90 % carbon neutral , so that remaining 10 % will need to be offset and one way to do that is to increase the use of heat recovery .”
After several pilot studies were launched in 2016 to identify how heat recovery could best be utilised , it was discovered that the data centre industry provided the most effective source . With the global data industry ’ s total consumption of electricity estimated at a huge 416.2 TWh ( the entire UK ’ s consumption is roughly 300 TWh ), SDP was established to attract more data centre investments to Stockholm and , by extension , a greater pool of heat recovery potential . “ Our purpose remains to make this city more sustainable because we , as the providers of heating and cooling in the city , have a responsibility to furthering sustainability ,” says Rylander . “ It ’ s really important that we make the City of Stockholm fit for the future .” With its focus on the rapidly growing data centre sector , which is also highly compatible with an urban environment , SDP provides the catalyst for scaling up this vision .
APRIL 2020