Nerdalize is rolling out eRadiators in the Netherlands, providing 1000W of heat.
by Sebastian Anthony - May 28, 2015http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2015/05/nerdalize_frontpage_logo_starwars_middle_cropped_blurred-640x336.jpg The Nerdalize eRadiator. (The real thing doesn't have the logo or tacky slogan on the side, thankfully.) What costs between €400 and €500 (£290 and £360) to set up, requires a fibre-optic connection, is sold by a company that has the uncoolest name ever, and provides 1000 watts of free heating forever? The Nerdalize eRadiator, which is now being rolled out to households in the Netherlands.
Back in 2011, Microsoft Research published a research paper on the topic of data furnaces. The concept was simple. Microsoft has a lot of servers, mostly sitting in large data centres, producing huge amounts of heat—heat that is a massive nuisance to deal with. Instead of venting that heat into the environment (and spending a fortune in the process), why not do something useful with it?
Finding ways of dealing with waste heat from data centres and supercomputers has been a hot topic over the past few years, primarily due to the huge costs involved. Cooling a large installation of computers can account for a large percentage (upwards of 30 percent) of day-to-day operating costs.
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