Data centers are one of the fastest-growing industries worldwide. However, they face an urgent challenge: minimizing their environmental impact. To achieve this, they require technologies that enable them to reduce their water and energy footprints.
What is the solution for data center cooling?
The cooling of these facilities is a critical factor due to their high energy consumption, and Crystal Lagoons is addressing this need with a pioneering technology called Eco-Heated Lagoons. This innovation is revolutionizing data center cooling, providing a high-impact, sustainable solution with global reach.
This was highlighted by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham), as the innovation of Crystal Lagoons enables the sustainable cooling of data centers while simultaneously heating its monumental crystalline lagoons. This addresses one of the main barriers in the data center industry.
Heated lagoons
In this way, these lagoons, in addition to incorporating traditional beach areas, will feature warm water zones that maintain temperatures between 98.6 and 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, ensuring year-round usability, even on the coldest nights.
Is there a data center cooling project by Crystal Lagoons?
The multinational innovation company already has its first project underway. The system will be implemented in a Public Access Lagoons® development, specifically at Angel Lagoon in Texas. Crystal Lagoons is developing the complex in partnership with Land Tejas, a renowned U.S. real estate developer.
Details of the complex
The project is located in Dayton, just 40 minutes from Houston, and will feature an on-site 6 MW data center cooled by the 4.2-acre crystalline lagoon, which has already been inaugurated. Deep Green Energy, a subsidiary of the UK-based Octopus Energy, one of the world’s leading energy companies, will build and operate the data center.
''This is just the first project with Land Tejas, as Crystal Lagoons has an agreement to develop three additional PAL® complexes with this consortium, all in Texas, named Magnolia, Sierra Vista, and Fry Road, which will also include a data center"
What are the benefits of this technology?
Some of the benefits of Crystal Lagoons cooling technology are:
- Energy Savings
- Reduced Carbon Footprint
- Enhanced Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
- High-Quality Water for Cooling
- Carbon Credits and Incentives
- Waste-Heat Utilization
- Facilitated Project Approvals
How does Crystal Lagoons cooling technology work?
Crystal Lagoons amenities act as heat dissipators, providing sustainable cooling for data centers in a closed circuit, reducing energy consumption by 40% to 50% compared to traditional air-cooled chiller systems.
Additionally, this technology opens the door for any Crystal Lagoons project worldwide to feature heated lagoons by harnessing the waste heat generated by these data centers.
