Microsoft data centres to heat Finnish homes, cutting emissions


FILE PHOTO Finnish energy company Fortum sign is seen at their headquarters in Espoo Finland July 17 2018.  REUTERSInts Kalnins

FILE PHOTO: Finnish energy company Fortum sign is seen at their headquarters in Espoo, Finland July 17, 2018. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

OSLO (Reuters) - Finnish utility Fortum said on Thursday it will use waste heat from two new Microsoft data centres to warm homes and businesses in and around the capital Helsinki, while also cutting carbon emissions.

Microsoft simultaneously announced plans for the construction of the data centres, which will be powered by renewable energy, with their location chosen to allow for recycling of heat created from the cooling of computer servers.

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