Data centres could save enough energy to heat 300,000 homes

Irish data centres could boost their global 'green' reputation with Nexalus cooling system using waste heat from electronics

Dr Cathal Wilson, Prof Anthony Robinson and Kenneth O'Mahony, co-founders of Nexalus, innovative technology that cools and captures the hot water produced by electronics for reuse as 'green' energy.

Implementing innovative new hot water cooling technology in data centres could reduce their energy consumption by 35% and offset 1.2 million tonnes in carbon emissions, say the scientists behind Irish startup Nexalus.

Headquartered in Cork and with R&D facilities in Trinity College Dublin and in Westmeath, Nexalus integrates its cooling system with electronics that produce excessive heat, most notably wasted CPU thermal output.