A technology giant Meta has launched a unique energy project. The company is planning geothermal energy production in connection with data centers, Interesting Engineering reports.
Meta recently announced at an event organized by the US Department of Energy that it has agreed on cooperation Sage Geosystemswith in The goal is to produce the energy used by the data centers emission-free.
Sage Geosystems has developed and tested its ggs system (geopressured geothermal system), which differs from typical forms of geothermal energy production.
According to the company, the revolutionary thing about technology is that the system can be implemented almost anywhere. The company uses proven technology familiar from the oil fields.
The companies are planning a production capacity of 150 megawatts.
Heat from the core of the earth
Geothermal energy is a low-emission form of energy production. So far, geothermal energy has been produced mainly in volcanic regions, such as Iceland.
Geothermal energy can be produced by using the thermal energy of hot springs or by drilling a sufficiently deep hole in the bedrock.
According to Sage Geosystems, the new old technology enables relatively easy implementation and scalable production. The company wants to reach a depth where the temperature is around 100–250 degrees Celsius.
Sage Geosystems’ first commercial three-megawatt facility is being built in Texas.
Geothermal energy has been studied a lot recently. T&T reported in June of the drilling technology developed by Quaise Energy in the United States.
The company born from MIT’s research promises that with the new technology it would be possible to drill up to a depth of 20 kilometers. Geothermal energy production projects have never been drilled this deep before.