Looking to lower your energy bills this winter? How about hosting a data center in your garden shed to help heat your home

• An Essex couple were able to reduce their monthly energy bills from £375 to as low as £40
• HeatHub uses over 500 Raspberry Pi computers to provide domestic heating
• The system channels computing-generated heat directly into household hot water supplies

A couple in Essex, UK, have been taking part in a new trial which replaces their traditional gas boiler with a small data hub installed in their garden shed.

A report from the BBC outlined how the data center contains more than 500 Raspberry Pi computers that generate heat while processing digital workloads.

The heat produced during these tasks is redirected into their two-bedroom home to supply heating and hot water, significantly reducing their monthly energy bills from £375 a month to as low as £40.