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  • ewl opens a climate-neutral underground data center

    ewl opens a climate-neutral underground data center

    The energy service provider ewl has opened an ecological data center underground, according to a media release . The building is based on state-of-the-art technology and sustainability through the use of renewable energies and can use the waste heat from the server park efficiently.

    Because the data center is ideally connected to ewl’s own lake energy and communication network, ecological electricity can be used during ongoing operations. Lake water from Lake Lucerne is used for cooling. The waste heat from the computers is used to heat buildings in the vicinity.

    In this combination, the data center is energy-efficient and sustainable and is “one of the most ecological data centers in Switzerland”, Patrik Rust, CEO of ewl, is quoted in the press release.

    Important and sensitive data from various organizations are stored and secured in the data center. The IT infrastructure required for this consists of 600 server racks on an area of more than 1,600 square meters in a tunnel in Lucerne’s Wartegg hill. More than 50 years ago, there was a civil protection facility for the government council and the students of the canton school in Lucerne.

    During construction, the rock was partially blasted. Thanks to the hard rock at the underground location, the data center can guarantee the “highest level of physical protection”. State-of-the-art technologies such as biometric access controls and non-stop video surveillance also contribute to data security.

  • Lake Lucerne should temper Lucerne Neustadt

    Lake Lucerne should temper Lucerne Neustadt

    The energy provider ewl energie wasser luzern ( ewl ) wants to make it possible to supply the urban supply area with heat entirely from renewable sources. Energy from Lake Lucerne plays a key role here, the company explains in a press release . According to her, the first buildings near the station are already being tempered by sea energy.

    In the Tribschen district, work is currently being done on connecting to the district heating network, ewl explains further in the press release. The next step is to expand the network in the direction of the small town in order to be able to temper the new town with lake energy.

    Construction work is scheduled to begin in mid-May. They should be completed by May next year. In the final expansion of the network, ewl aims to supply up to 3,700 Lucerne households with energy from Lake Lucerne.

    In order to keep the disturbances caused by the construction work as low as possible, work should be carried out on main traffic routes at night and on neighborhood streets during the day. In addition, ewl is carrying out the construction of the line in small stages, according to the statement. “With the ongoing expansion of the lake energy network, ewl wants to use local resources sustainably and consciously and actively contribute to the energy transition in the city of Lucerne,” Patrik Rust, CEO of ewl, is quoted as saying.