Shoebox-Sized Computer Servers Could Soon Heat Up Bath Time

As the cost of living aggravates, some companies are seeking to alleviate the price for basic needs in new and innovative ways. One such company, Heata, is hoping to kill two birds with one stone using heat from a computer server to warm up a household.

How this works is that the company will attach a shoebox-sized computer server to a heater tank in a home and transform the energy generated from the server into hot water for showers and washing up.

Each tank can provide 4.8 kWh of free hot water a day. Now, the reason it’s free is that Heata is paying for the electricity to run the device, not for those living in the household.

New Atlas reports that across the server hubs in the country, 45% of the energy they consume comes from cooling systems to prevent these machines from overheating. The energy waste generated from this gives rise to a need for a more sustainable way to host them. 

As such, each of these servers will be able to sustain a small business’ online operations and help them cut costs and provide hot water for a family at the same time.

Heata estimates that UK citizens can save as much as £150 (US$181.30) a year. The device can be set up within two hours and approved by the British Gas company. 

[via New Atlas and Electriconics Weekly, images via Heata]