The Infomaniak data centre in Geneva, Switzerland sets a new benchmark in sustainable digital infrastructure. This underground facility has no visual impact on the landscape. Powered entirely by locally sourced renewable energy, it recovers waste heat and recycles 100% of the energy it consumes into usable thermal energy.
This project marks a key step in the regional energy transition, transforming a traditionally energy-intensive facility into an active example of circular energy use.
The data centre operates with a high-performance waste heat recovery system enabled by Trane® XStream™ RTWF heat pumps. This technology plays a crucial role in recovering and converting the low-temperature heat energy emitted by servers, inverters, ventilation, and other elements of the data centre infrastructure into a valuable resource for the nearby community. The use of heat pumps allows Infomaniak to utilise energy that would otherwise be wasted, enabling them to supply the recovered thermal energy to the city’s district heating network, enough to heat around 6,000 Minergie-A homes in winter or provide daily five-minute showers for 20,000 people in summer.