Collocate your AI.

Value your heat.

Data centers designed for AI and high-density computing: powered by hydroelectricity, cooled by liquid loops, and located next to a customer who recovers their heat.

The HeatConnect Difference

Our data centers are designed as heat sources. Cooling water exits the servers at between 45 and 60°C and directly supplies a factory, a greenhouse, or a thermal network, replacing natural gas.

OUR APPROACH

A data center produces heat. We install it where it is needed.

A server converts almost all of its electricity into heat. Rather than releasing it into the air, we locate each data center next to a customer who can use it: a factory, a greenhouse, or a district heating network. The customer replaces some of its natural gas, and the IT operator gets cheaper cooling.

PUE cible < 1,10
Direct liquid cooling on servers
Closed loop |
No water consumption for cooling
45 to 60°
Water temperature at the server outlet
34 MW
In operation today
IN OPERATION

34 MW
fully operational and occupied. Sites open for shared accommodation are listed below.

+350 MW under development in North America

Sites ranging from 5 to 50 MW, each linked to an identified thermal customer. The power outputs indicated correspond to phase 1 of each project.

34 MW
In operation (occupied)
190 MW;
In development
10
Sites available for shared accommodation
Phase 1 power;
30 MW and above
10 to 30 MW;
Less than 10 MW
Site Region Customer Heat Power Status
Phase 1 power ratings. Approximate location. Details of each site are provided upon request, subject to a confidentiality agreement.

Your infrastructure. Our heat.

AI & CLOUD OPERATORS

High-density co-location for AI

Colocation for AI and HPC loads with direct liquid cooling, at sites ranging from 5 to 50 MW in Quebec, Ontario, and New York State. Each site is qualified with its electrical connection and heat customer before being marketed.

PUE cible < 1,10 en refroidissement liquide
Designed for high-density water-cooled racks
Electricity at industrial rates, long-term contracts
EDF backup power line on French sites
INDUSTRIES & HEATING NETWORKS

Replace part of your natural gas

A FirstBlock data center located near your factory, greenhouses, or district heating network provides you with continuous, water-loop heat at a stable price, replacing natural gas. We finance and operate the infrastructure; you buy the heat.

Hot water from 45 to 60°C, available continuously
Temperature measurement possible depending on the process
Thermal output from 2 to 40 MW depending on the site
Example: 32,800 tonnes of CO₂ eq. avoided per year on a 22.7 MW project
Heat Loop with Computing Center
HEATCONNECT BY FIRSTBLOCK

The heat from the calculation supplies the district.

Our data centers are designed from the ground up to recover their waste heat. Factories, greenhouses, district heating networks: HeatConnect redirects this energy to where it can replace natural gas.

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