Section 05

Computrition: where technology feeds the neighborhood

Nothing wasted. Not the heat. Not the land. And never the people.

Dataponics

Advanced computing systems on campus produce something most facilities throw away: heat.

We capture it.

Through the Dataponics concept pioneered by Zero Latency, recovered heat from liquid-cooled computing infrastructure warms controlled-environment growing facilities, greenhouses and hydroponic farms, on and around the campus, year-round.

That means fresh produce grown in North Memphis, in January, with energy that would otherwise vanish into the sky. It means an agricultural technology track in the training center: hydroponics, greenhouse systems, food logistics. It means the campus cafeteria, local schools, and neighborhood tables served by food grown a hundred feet from where it is eaten.

Nothing wasted. Not the heat. Not the land. And never the people.

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Rows of leafy greens growing under lights in a hydroponic facility with a worker inspecting the crop
The growing floor to come · Fed by recovered heat

The closed loop

A regenerative data center, end to end

Diagram of a regenerative data center: wind, solar and riverine hydro power feed the facility, water is treated and returned clean to the river, and recovered heat supplies district heating for local housing and businesses
Concept diagram · Zero Latency