Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:16:00 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18442&Focus=310756#Comment_310756 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18442&Focus=310756#Comment_310756 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:22:14 +0100 minisaurus
My workplace - large hospital - achieves all cooling needs using geo energy - approx 100 holes approx 70m depth. We even heat space & water (almost) year round using same energy & some extra electricity to get the temp up from 40C to 68C

If I wanted to build a data centre, I’d do this.

However, I don’t want to build one :)]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18442&Focus=310757#Comment_310757 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18442&Focus=310757#Comment_310757 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 11:28:26 +0100 djh Posted By: minisaurusMy workplace - large hospital - achieves all cooling needs using geo energy - approx 100 holes approx 70m depth.My last workplace used a similar number of similar sized boreholes for all its heating and cooling, but it had nothing to do with geo energy. It was simply a ground source heat pump.

Geo energy is not generally easily available and requires fairly particular conditions. So I don't think it's a good solution to the data centre problem.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18442&Focus=310758#Comment_310758 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=18442&Focus=310758#Comment_310758 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:11:37 +0100 minisaurus