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vasya349 t1_jc67zrp wrote

Reply to comment by itchyfrog in Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool by je97

I don’t think the data centers large enough to be useful are the best use of space in areas dense enough for district heat.

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itchyfrog t1_jc694pa wrote

This one is the size of a washing machine and can heat a municipal swimming pool 60% of the time, it currently costs around £300k a year to heat a pool in the UK, which is around what 300 houses worth of central heating costs.

Even after allowing for an order of magnitude difference in efficiencies between heating a body of water and homes you wouldn't be looking at huge amounts of space.

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RU_FKM t1_jc6tne6 wrote

I'm in Canada and our pool costs about $2000 per year (May through September) to heat. (18x30 feet)

How big is the pool that costs 150 times that?! (Not even considering exchange rate.)

Edit: it's an outdoor pool.

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itchyfrog t1_jc72di6 wrote

A fairly standard municipal pool will be about 25mx10m by an average of about 2m deep

So about 82ft x 32ft x 6.5ft and the electric will probably be between £0.50-£1 a kwh depending on their contract, and it's all year round, and the article said the £300k was to heat the complex so presumably includes changing rooms and offices etc but the pool will be most of it.

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