Beyond.pl, a data center, cloud, and managed services provider, has partnered with Veolia Energia Poznan on a project to recover waste heat generated by the former's campus in Poznan, Poland.

The project will focus on constructing and operating an innovative waste heat recovery system designed to optimize the byproduct of data processing.

Beyond.pl Data Center 2
Beyond.pl Data Center 2, Poznan – Beyond.pl

This solution will integrate high-density servers and industrial-grade heat pumps. Excess heat from data centers will be channeled into the district heating network, ensuring heat delivery at the necessary parameters.

The recovered heat will subsequently serve as a low-carbon energy source for Poznan's residential, commercial, and industrial buildings. The project's thermal capacity is expected to reach 30MW in its first phase, reducing carbon emissions by 52,500 tons annually and water consumption by 76,500 cubic meters annually.

Luiz Hanania, CEO of Veolia Group in Poland, said: “Using waste heat in our installations, a by-product of data processing will reduce fossil fuel consumption. This means that Poznan’s district heating network will in a greater proportion be powered by green energy.”

The project is tied to Beyond.pl's push to increase the target capacity of its Poznan data center campus to 150MW to facilitate the installation of high-density IT infrastructure supporting Artificial Intelligence deployments.

The current target capacity of the campus stands at 86MW. The expansion will see the campus’ target capacity almost double.