Canaan, a company known for making mining hardware for Bitcoin
, has launched a new project that uses the heat from its computers to warm greenhouses in Canada.
The company announced that it is working with Bitforest Investment on a small pilot program in Manitoba.
The plan involves a 3-megawatt setup that will capture heat from Canaan’s Avalon computing system and use it to support greenhouse operations.
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The project is expected to run for two years. During this time, Canaan’s liquid-cooling systems will collect heat from its computers and use it to preheat water for the greenhouses.
Canaan chair and CEO Nangeng Zhang said:
With this proof-of-concept, we are not just deploying computing equipment for one project, we hope to build a data-driven, replicable model.
By using heat that would otherwise be wasted, the project could lower the greenhouses’ dependence on fuel-powered boilers. Canaan said it plans to install 360 liquid-cooled servers to support the system.
Bitforest, which operates tomato-growing facilities in Manitoba, said the project will help show how computing byproducts can be turned into useful energy.
If successful, the idea could serve as a model for using data center heat to support other agricultural or industrial activities in cold-climate regions.
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