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Data centres and cloud and Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration

Data centres and cloud depends on heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration.

Data centres and cloud (industry) and Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration (energy): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 4 of 5 · Heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration → Data centres and cloud

2 of the enterprise types in Data centres and cloud depend on heat pumps, air conditioning and refrigeration; for the most dependent, it rates 4 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 4 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Electrical and cooling equipment makers: chillers and cooling (criticality 4 of 5)
  • Colocation and wholesale data-centre operators: cooling plant (criticality 3 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.