CE - Heat Reuse - Workstream - (2026-05-19)

Why It Matters

Heat reuse is moving from niche to mainstream within the data-center sustainability agenda, requiring coordinated policy, design and economic work to scale implementations; the workstream’s tools and partnerships position it to influence standards and stakeholder engagement. Increased summit exposure and practical tools (database, AI policy scanner) accelerate adoption and regulatory alignment.

Summary

The Heat Reuse workstream held a routine cross-workstream call to onboard new participants, review project structure and tools, and recap recent activity from the Barcelona summit. The group reiterated its three pillars—economics, reference designs and policy/industry liaison—and highlighted a living map/database and repository of guest presentations as core outputs. Summit takeaways included higher visibility for heat reuse, presentations by project leads and partners, and demonstrations of an AI policy-scanning tool. Participants noted increasing attention to water constraints and ongoing collaborations with organizations such as the Net Zero Innovation Hub and Euroheat & Power.

Original Description

Public call recording of CE - Heat Reuse workstream.