DT-CNTR
DATA CENTER + SPORT
Data centers are a critical infrastructure for the operation of all digital activities in the contemporary world. The exponential growth of data consumption these days can only increase the demand for this type of building. Nowadays, however, they take the form of boundless expanses of servers, extremely energy-intensive, far from urban centers and almost inaccessible.
Places for machines, not humans.
Can we think of a different and more sustainable development model for these infrastructures? The huge waste heat streams produced by computational processes are currently dispersed into the environment. What if they were channeled and harnessed to support parallel satellite activities?
One could think of the data center as an attractive instead of repulsive place. As a resource of energy and heat rather than a mere consumer, an economic driver for the revitalization of some blighted areas.
As a place for the community rather than for machines.
The following work involves the construction of an urban data center in the former Train Factory in the Konepaja area of Helsinki.
Places for machines, not humans.
Can we think of a different and more sustainable development model for these infrastructures? The huge waste heat streams produced by computational processes are currently dispersed into the environment. What if they were channeled and harnessed to support parallel satellite activities?
One could think of the data center as an attractive instead of repulsive place. As a resource of energy and heat rather than a mere consumer, an economic driver for the revitalization of some blighted areas.
As a place for the community rather than for machines.
The following work involves the construction of an urban data center in the former Train Factory in the Konepaja area of Helsinki.
Place: Helsinki, Finland
Year: 2023
Type: Data Center + Sport Center
Team: P. Pucci - N. Roso
Supervisior: Giovanni Avosani
Year: 2023
Type: Data Center + Sport Center
Team: P. Pucci - N. Roso
Supervisior: Giovanni Avosani
