"A quiet Essex bungalow has become the unlikely test bed for a new way of heating homes using recycled energy from tiny computers. At a time when energy price rises have pushed many households to look for alternatives, the couple living there have turned their garden shed into a working "energy room" that now powers most of their heat and hot water. The result is a dramatic fall in their monthly bills, dropping from around £375 to as little as £40."
"Terrence and Lesley Bridges, who live in a two-bedroom bungalow near Braintree, are the first household in the country to replace their traditional gas boiler with a HeatHub - a compact data centre installed in their brick shed. The unit contains more than 500 Raspberry Pi computers immersed in oil; as they process data for paying clients, the waste heat is captured and transferred into the home's hot water and radiator system."
A bungalow near Braintree replaced its traditional gas boiler with a HeatHub data centre installed in a brick shed. The HeatHub contains more than 500 Raspberry Pi computers immersed in oil. As those devices process paid data workloads, their waste heat is captured and transferred into the home's hot water and radiator system. The household also received solar panels and batteries under the SHIELD programme. Revenue from clients running digital workloads covers the computers' electricity use. Monthly energy bills fell from around £375 to about £40–£60, representing an almost 90% reduction.
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