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Data centers produce heat year-round. Here’s how to save it for winter

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12.10.2026

Data centers produce heat year-round. Here’s how to save it for winter

The heat is not going away—but it needs to go somewhere.

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You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air does. A few hundred feet down, it stays close to the local yearly average all year, which can be around 50 degrees Fahrenheit (10 Celsius).

In Verona, Wisconsin, the health software company Epic Systems has spent two decades turning........

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