"An Essex couple have become the first people in the country to trial a scheme that sees them heat their home using a data centre in their garden shed. Terrence and Lesley Bridges have seen their energy bills drop dramatically, from 375 a month down to as low as 40, since they swapped their gas boiler for a HeatHub a small data centre containing more than 500 computers. Data centres are banks of computers which carry out digital tasks."
"As the computers process data, they generate lots of heat, which is captured by oil and then transferred into the Bridges' hot water system. Mr Bridges, 76, says keeping his two-bed bungalow near Braintree warm was a necessity as his wife has spinal stenosis and is in "a lot of pain" when it gets colder. "It truly is brilliant," Mr Bridges continues. "I'm over the moon that we got picked to trial this out."
An Essex couple replaced their gas boiler with a HeatHub, a small data centre of more than 500 computers installed in their garden shed. The servers' processing heat is captured by oil and transferred into the home's hot water system. The couple's combined measures, including solar panels and a battery installed through the SHIELD project, reduced energy bills from about 375 a month to roughly 40–60. The system eliminates local gas combustion for heating and is presented as eco-friendly. The HeatHub is intended to become part of a remote, distributed network of units processing data for customers.
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