Esports Scotland, the event organiser, esports in education company and white label solutions provider, is working to help the Scottish gaming community reduce their carbon impact.
Esports Scotland has announced a partnership with Deep Green, a British tech start-up that uses immersion cooling technology to extract heat from on-site ‘edge’ data centers to provide free hot water for district heating systems, social housing, swimming pools and a range of other industries.
Esports Scotland and Deep Green will develop a range of educational resources for the industry, sponsor esports events and make carbon positive compute available to gamers, event organisers and games developers.
In a press release, the pair said that ‘in an era marked by rapid growth in the esports and gaming industry, it is imperative to address the significant energy consumption and environmental footprint associated with these sectors’.
“It has been an exhilarating six months for us at Esports Scotland, as we have solidified our direction and made sustainable practices a central part of our mission. With the work we will do with Deep Green, we can combine the immense influence of the esports community with their cutting-edge technology to drive positive change and contribute to a greener future.”
James Hood, Esports Scotland
“The secure, serverless cloud-based compute Deep Green provide is faster, smarter and more affordable than conventional data centres. In reusing the heat generated, it uses up to 60% less energy, while also providing a compelling social good,” the release read.
Esports Scotland has partnerships with others including Dundee and Angus College.
James Hood, CEO of Esports Scotland, said: “It has been an exhilarating six months for us at Esports Scotland, as we have solidified our direction and made sustainable practices a central part of our mission. With the work we will do with Deep Green, we can combine the immense influence of the esports community with their cutting-edge technology to drive positive change and contribute to a greener future.”
Mark Bjornsgaard for Deep Green Energy added: “Given the unprecedented growth in high performance and data-intensive computing across all sectors, it is imperative that we continue to find ways to be ever more energy-efficient and sustainable. Re-purposing, what would be, waste heat, is central to this.
“The work we will do with Esports Scotland validates the demand for energy-efficient compute that also provides a societal good – supporting local businesses in reducing their reliance on carbon-intensive fossil fuelled boilers.”
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
