Data Centres

Power supply, waste heat recovery and regional value creation

We support data center projects with

  • Economic optimization from energy perspective for data center operators

  • On-site power generation concepts

  • Potential analysis for waste heat utilization

  • Matchmaking between data centers and heat customers

  • Public value optimization (municipal perspective)

  • Development of Digital Parks

Working on the optimization of energy efficiency, economics and sustainability of data centers from different perspectives, always starts with a big picture:

What makes working with us on your data center project special?

Our team combines the expertise and experience required for a successful data center location, municipal digital transformation and energy transition:

  • Design and pro-active management of complex multi-stakeholder processes in a public-municipal context

  • In-house expertise in the design, marketing and operation of data centers, as well as in the development of digital parks

  • Neutral position with regard to the stakeholders involved

  • Profound experience in the development of sustainable public infrastructure projects, as well as projects in the energy industry

  • Competence in scenario-based optimization of the economic viability of large-scale projects in the commercial, industrial and energy sectors

  • Up-to-date insight into the framework conditions of the European energy industry and policy

  • Expertise in the evaluation and economic optimization of energy solutions, especially in the field of renewable energy and waste heat recovery from various industries, including data centers

Selected topics from an energy perspective:

General energy view

  • Facilitation and and support of municipal / regional planning processes

  • Energetic integration of data centers

  • Business case modelling, calculation and optimization

  • Calculation of transfer prices and support in negotiations

Waste heat

  • Sink analysis (identification of potential customers for waste heat)

  • Conceptual structuring of heat sinks (local and district heating/cooling, commercial, industry, agriculture,…)

  • Evaluation of the use of heat pumps

  • Support in negotiations with customers (in particular municipal utilities)

Power

  • Integration of renewable electricity sources

  • Use of battery storage (for grid-serving services / as UPS)

  • Optimizing the interaction between the power market and the use of heat pumps

  • Aggregated electricity planning for municipalities/regions

Our recent references:

  • Digital Park Bergheim / Niederaußem (NRW)

    DAG is responsible for structuring and managing the multi-stakeholder decision-making process for the target development and settlement criteria for digital park at the RWE site in Niederaußem.

  • Brownfield Data Center Project with Digital Park

    Project development and business case optimization including use of waste heat in the municipal heating network and in the digital park, and balancing energy

    _Project design and definition of the overall business case structure

    _Establishment of the contract structure

    _Calculation of business case and transfer prices along the expansion plan

    _Project steering and stakeholder management

    _Project development support

  • Integration of Data Center into District Heating Grids

    Evaluation of the economic value from municipal perspective

    _Analysis of municipal heat load curve

    _Forecasting of heat demand

    _Evaluation of investment/divestment plans

    _Calculation of value added from data centers as additional heat source

  • Location Evaluation from Energy Perspective

    Location of a data center and integration of waste heat in local industry and the municipal district heating network

    _Site scouting and analysis

    _Demand evaluation at local industry

    _Analysis of economics using heat-pump

    _Demand evaluation from municipal perspective

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