Response 1071562

Response to request for information

Reference

1071562

Response date

22 March 2023

Request

This FOI request arises out of a report that a washing-machine-sized data centre is being used to heat a Devon public swimming pool. I understand the Exmouth pool uses ~222,000 kWh of gas to heat the pool a year. Deep Green provides ~139,284kWh a year of heat for free from its data centre. This equates to 62% of the heating needs of the pool.

This translates to a cost saving of £20,391 a year for the pool and a carbon saving of 25.8 tonnes

Please advise:

1. Whether you use similar technology in any swimming pools you own, fund or manage and if so any estimates you have of annual financial and carbon savings as a result.
2. Whether you have any plans to use similar technology in any swimming pools you own, fund or manage and if so any estimates you have of annual financial and carbon savings you expect to achieve as a result.

Response

Thank you for your freedom of information request received on March 17, please see our response below.

Rushcliffe Borough Council do not use data centres to run their pools and have no immediate plans to do so. We monitor others initiatives to gain insight and inform future investments.