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<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/district-heating-centralised-or-decentralised-planning" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/TitelZentralDezentral.jpg" alt="District heating: Centralised or decentralised planning?" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>The heating transition is under great pressure: heating networks must be built faster, CO₂ emissions must fall, and supply costs must remain stable. But how should heat be provided – centrally via large infrastructures, or decentrally with solutions close to the district? Both approaches are justified. The right choice depends on the project context: urban or rural, new construction or existing buildings, high or low connection density. International strategies – such as those of the EU Commission, the IEA, and the IPCC – emphasise that it is not a question of either-or, but rather a flexible toolbox for a climate-friendly heat supply.</p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/difference-between-district-heating-and-local-heating-explained" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/fern-vs-nahwaerme-1.jpg" alt="Difference between district heating and local heating explained" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>District heating and local heating are two central supply concepts for a climate-friendly heat supply. But what are the differences - technically, economically, and structurally? Which solution is best suited to different types of infrastructure and settlement layouts? What requirements must a heating network meet, and what political framework conditions need to be considered?</p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/using-waste-heat-from-data-centres-turning-digital-heat-into-community-warmth" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/Blog/Abw%C3%A4rme%20aus%20dem%20Rechenzentrum%20nutzen%20Mit%20W%C3%A4rme%20heizen/Abw%C3%A4rme%20Titelbild.jpg" alt="Using Waste Heat from Data Centres: Turning Digital Heat into Community Warmth" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>Imagine this: Every time you watch a series, train an AI model, or back up your company's data, a data centre somewhere is hard at work – and all the electricity powering those servers ends up as heat.&nbsp;</p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/decarbonisation-of-district-heating-strategies-and-technologies" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/Dekarbonisierung_Titel.jpg" alt="Decarbonisation of district heating: strategies and technologies" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>How can the climate-friendly heating transition succeed in metropolises, cities, and municipalities worldwide – and do so in a safe and affordable way for millions of households and businesses? Are district heating networks the answer, and can they truly help phase out fossil fuels on a large scale?</p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/availability-classes-in-the-data-centre-the-basis-of-it-infrastructure-klon" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/Blog/Verf%C3%BCgbarkeitsklassen/Verf%C3%BCgbarkeitsklassen%20in%20Rechenzentren.jpg" alt="Availability classes in the data centre" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>Today, dependence on functioning digital infrastructure is one of the most significant economic and risk factors – and the requirements for data centre availability classes are correspondingly high. Companies, public authorities, medical facilities, critical infrastructure operators – they all face the same pressure: any unplanned failure of digital systems can bring operational processes to a standstill or even endanger human lives.</p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/building-a-data-centre-planning-construction-operation" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/Blog/Rechenzentrum%20bauen%20Planung,%20Aufbau%20und%20Betrieb/rechenzentrum-bauen-%20planung-aufbau-und-betrieb.jpg" alt="Building a data centre: Planning, construction and operation" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>Your own digital infrastructure that is future-proof, efficient and legally compliant? Where you have sovereignty over your data? Then there is no way around building your own data centre. This is the only way to gain strategic advantages - from data control to performance.</p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/hybrid-cooling-architectures-for-data-centres-in-the-age-of-ai" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/Blog/Hybride%20K%C3%BChlarchitekturen%20f%C3%BCr%20Rechenzentren%20im%20KI-Zeitalter/hybride-kuehlarchitekturen-fuer-rechenzentren-im-ki-zeitalter.jpg" alt="Hybrid cooling architectures for data centres in the age of AI" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p><span>The exponential increase in compute-intensive AI workloads is not only changing the performance and scalability requirements for data centres - it is also shifting the energy focus within infrastructure planning. With a predicted 463 exabytes of data processed per day by 2025,&nbsp;</span><a href="https://www.aquatherm.de/en/solutions-products/applications/data-centre-cooling/">cooling</a><span>&nbsp;will become the dominant operating cost factor and the key technical issue for any new investment.</span></p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/epbd-2024-what-th-new-eu-buildings-directive-means" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/Blog/EPBD/EPBD.jpg" alt="EPBD 2024: What the new EU Buildings Directive means for planning, construction and building technolog" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>Hardly any regulation will change the construction and property industry as fundamentally in the coming years as the new EU Buildings Directive EPBD 2024. Many future topics are now gradually becoming mandatory: CO₂ balances in the energy performance certificate, the phase-out of fossil heating systems, zero-emission standards for new buildings and digital building models for every project.</p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/integrating-direct-to-chip-air-and-immersion-technologies" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/rechenzentrum-holografie-003.png" alt="Integrating Direct-to-Chip, Air, and Immersion Technologies" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>The rapid development of computationally intensive AI applications is forcing data centre operators to fundamentally rethink their cooling strategy. With 463 exabytes of data predicted to be processed daily by 2025, conventional air cooling will no longer be sufficient - neither from an energy nor an economic perspective.</p>

<div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"> <a href="https://blog.aquatherm.de/en-gb/expanding-district-heating-faster-and-mote-sustainalbly" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"> <img src="https://blog.aquatherm.de/hubfs/Blog-Fernwaerme-schneller-nachhaltiger.png" alt="Expanding district heating faster and more sustainably" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"> </a> </div> <p>The world is striving for the so-called<a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/global-energy-and-climate-model/net-zero-emissions-by-2050-scenario-nze"> "Net Zero Emissions by 2050" </a>as a goal. This means that CO₂ emissions are to be completely reduced to zero by 2050. But this requires much greater efforts than before. In the field of <a href="https://www.districtenergy.org/home">district heating</a>, the energy efficiency of existing solutions must not only be quickly optimised, but also switched to<a href="https://www.districtenergy.org/resources/industry-news"> renewable heat sources</a>, e.g. bioenergy, solar thermal energy, large-scale heat pumps and geothermal energy. In addition, the integration of secondary heat sources, such as waste heat from industrial plants and data centres, must be promoted.</p> <p>However, it is not only heat generation that poses major challenges; <a href="https://www.plasticpipe.org/BuildingConstruction/BuildingConstruction/-Applications-/DistrictEnergy-Heating-Cooling.aspx">pipeline networks </a>must also enable rapid but sustainable conversion and expansion with flexible solutions. Compared to metal systems, plastic pipes have clear advantages to offer in order to achieve the ambitious goals. The best example of this is the pre-insulated polypropylene piping system <a href="https://www.aquatherm.de/en-gb/solutions-products/products/aquatherm-energy/">aquatherm energy</a>.</p>