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- 12. Swimming contributes £1.2 billion with of social value through improved life satisfaction.3 Swimming generated more than £2.4 billion of social value in 2022.2 Inactivity is associated with one in six UK deaths, and 12 million people in the UK are classed as inactive.4 Swimming has helped to reduce the symptoms of anxiety or depression for 1.4 million adults.5 Swimming prevents 2500 cases of dementia each year, saving £106m of NHS expenditure. Swimming helped to prevent more than 78,500 cases of ill health in 2022. Since 2010, areas of greatest deprivation (IMD 1-3) have lost three times as many publicly accessible pools compared with the wealthiest areas (IMD 8-10)1 Regular swimming has been associated with a range of health benefits, including improved cardiovascular fitness, weight management, reduced risk of chronic diseases and enhanced mental wellbeing.
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- Founder of Deep Green Business we’ve been working on and investing in for nearly 6 years We’ve invested in a lot of different stuff over the last few years, we’ve enjoyed a lot of success This one is my mission
- Pools mean something to us in a way other public places like libraries don’t get to… they really are where “memories are made…” Latchmere Lost 100s of pools in the last decade Potentially lose 1000s In 10 years time the notion of the local pool Integral part / social fabric / we are poorer without them Libraries, community centres, pubs, green spaces - what make life worth living… Where we… exercise, learn valuable life skills, compete They are critical infrastructure
- Integral part / social fabric / we are poorer without them Libraries, community centres, pubs, green spaces - what make life worth living… Where we… exercise, learn valuable life skills, compete Pools mean something to us - they are where “memories are made…” Latchmere
- Of course, most of you know by now, on a rational level How the physics and the economics work (Don’t… please come and talk…) All the technology we’re using is scalable, known - heat exchangers have been around for 100 years Deep Green builds a DC somewhere in / around a local pool In all aspects other than the heat recapture aspects - conventional data Colo / baremetal Computers generate heat We give that away from free The cash freed up from the reduced costs of heating - supports the pool That’s the “what we do”...That’s what we have at Exmouth - our 1st site…
- What about the “how”? How do you save many swimming pools….at scale First off its important we understand context of what’s going on in the data centre industry A Cambrian explosion in data centre demand from AI
- Growth - Ask most commentators - 3x AI 3x current capacity / low hanging fruit / Shear size upcoming demand unprecedented AI perfect - AI workloads are perfect for heating swimming pools Generate huge amounts of heat Always, on Existing DC industry doesn’t really like them Perfect symbiosis > So Love about this business > Intersection 2 abstract concepts…. One hand - 1000s of pools who are struggling to keep open - for whom free heat could be a valuable subsidy Other you have the data centre industry - with this growing abundance of free heat (Reiterate) The logic becomes undeniable Pools offer homes for these new AI workloads - effectively unlimited capacity - a huge public good, is created in the process Amazingly, it gets even better…
- But its actually even better than this - really is a match made in heaven… Not just…Explosion in demand Not just… that the conventional DC industry doesn’t want these workloads Cheaper to do it this way…. It’s 20% cheaper to cool A lot of pools sites 40% cheaper to run (mostly) off grid… On every rational / economic measure this is the sensible thing to do Then you have all Social and environmental benefits… And we use less carbon Brownfield sites We use no water Social benefit - helping pools (bring in
- Across the board - stats are amazing… Billions in life satisfaction and social value Dementia prevention and ill health Kitty? …
- Context and the rational This movement can’t start without you…
- “It starts where you are” You have the clients with Net0 targets affordable, decentralised, carbon neutral compute…. With the power to make this choice People already doing it… Tom Civo - met them OCF - put their hand up for a local pool in Sheffield Nigel at Northumbrian Water - pool in Newcastle The Scottish government want to heat pools with their Azure workloads Vorboss want pop sites in London There will be a pool close to a big client site close to your office maybe you or your kids, or a family member or a friend swim in a pool that’s under threat… It starts with you, your heat, the heat your computers generate
- If you’re in - then you’ll want to know where we’re headed - what’s in it for you? Where does this movement aim? Where does this mission land? What is our ambition?
- Every one of the pools…a Deep Green unit Around 300MW of compute 900 pools That seems a lot right? How do we get there? Lets break it down
- Start this year - 25 pool / 5MW We take this incredible idea, beautiful symbiosis - we normalise it Stop thinking recycling heat is such a esoteric…200 years ago… If everyone in this room brought us 1x 200KW brief - we’d hit that target That isn’t controversial or hard….
- By year 2, 75 pools / 20MW Standing here next year this small group of pioneers has started to grow Message has spread Companies with Net0 Targets will be starting to get on board Word is spreading Movement starts to take on a life of its own Pools start to use government cash to bring power in ahead of us landing to speed up the process If we grow this group to just 3x and you all again bring us 200kw we’ll hit the target
- By year 3, 200 pools / 60MW Now its established, there is momentum It’ll be like a Pistols Gig in 1979, now you can say you were here at the beginning…. Now Our solar and battery advantage kicks in Swimming badges
- By year 4, 150MW / 750 pools Half-way there Collectively we’re contributing millions of pounds directly to local communities Now a mainstream idea… Now, for most customers DG is the only responsible choice when it comes to which DC to use Makes no sense to use a conventional colocation faclity or DC ….and the idea Tips…
- Year 5 - 1,500 / 300MW We hit our mark What happens then…
- As anyone who has worked with me…. I’m not a big fan of celebrations or imagining the rewards of success But for 1 moment, lets allow… Could we reverse this trend… perhaps even start re-opening those lost… What does that do for us as an industry? Climate pariah Existential challenge of where to grow District heating systems, heat loops What does it do for society? Collectively all suffer from climate anxiety at some level…
- another way to participate… Cycling to work, flying less, recycling, replaced lightbulbs Part of a hopeful movement From the very 1st time media… a simple exemplar of what we could, and should do There isn’t a loser and winner here - everyone wins… Deep Green, becomes an exemplar / playbook commercial interests and climate protection Maybe in time, other people, will get enthused by what they see happening and look to solve other challenges in our public services or within the climate emergency, in a reciprocal, creative spirit You may only have a distant memory of your local swimming pool None of us want public swimming pools close It starts with you, It starts where you are Thank you…
- Welcome and introduce Loren.