Zero Fuel · Zero Emissions

Aligned with Canada's Net Zero Future

Our Energy Transfer Centres don't just reduce emissions—they eliminate them entirely. By embedding AI servers inside buildings and capturing the heat for space heating, we're delivering a 100% fuel-free solution that directly supports Canada's 2050 net-zero goals.

0%
Fuel Required
0
On-site Emissions
51%
Of Canadian Homes Use Gas
2050
Canada Net Zero Target

How Energy Transfer Centres Work

1

Embed AI Servers

AI compute units are installed directly inside office or residential buildings

2

Capture Heat

Computing generates heat as a natural byproduct—we capture every watt

3

Heat the Building

Captured heat warms the space—no fuel, no combustion, no emissions

Why This Matters for Net Zero

100% Fuel-Free

Heat is generated as a natural byproduct of AI computing. No natural gas, no combustion, no fuel costs.

Zero Emissions

Our Energy Transfer Centres produce zero on-site emissions. We directly displace fossil fuel heating systems.

Dual Revenue Model

AI workloads generate compute revenue while excess heat provides value to building owners and residents.

Building Integration

AI servers embedded directly inside office and residential buildings—heating where people live and work.

Aligned Government Programs

Canada Green Buildings Strategy

Direct alignment

Supports deep retrofits and transitioning to net-zero buildings. Our fuel-free heating directly displaces fossil fuel systems.

Net-Zero 2050 (Building Sector)

Core mission

Buildings represent 13-26% of Canadian GHG emissions. Energy Transfer Centres eliminate heating emissions entirely.

Green Municipal Fund (GMF)

Funding eligible

Provides grants and loans for district heating and heat recovery projects. Our model qualifies for community-level deployment.

Low Carbon Economy Fund

Funding eligible

Supports projects that reduce GHG emissions through innovative technologies like waste heat recovery.

Canada Infrastructure Bank

Infrastructure partner

Provides financing for district energy systems. Has committed $270M+ to projects like Markham District Energy.

Proven Globally

Heata(UK)

Servers in homes attached to hot water cylinders. British Gas trialing.

Nerdalize(Netherlands)

"eRadiators" – servers disguised as radiators providing free home heat.

Cloud&Heat(Germany)

Server cabinets connected to home water tanks for hot water.

Microsoft + Fortum(Finland)

Data centre heat for 250,000 residents in Helsinki.

Markham District Energy(Canada)

Equinix data centre heat for 14M+ sq ft of development.

Net zero alignment: common questions

Through three design decisions rather than offsets. Generation is specified hydrogen-ready or fuel-flexible from day one, so the asset transitions to zero-carbon fuel without being replaced. Roughly 90–97% of the heat is recovered and exported, displacing gas boilers in neighbouring buildings. And storage plus dispatchable load lets the campus support a renewable-heavy grid rather than forcing more firm capacity to be built for it.

Yes, and it is the largest single lever. Heat delivered into a district energy network displaces whatever that network would otherwise burn — usually natural gas boilers. Because the heat is a by-product of computation that happens regardless, the displaced boiler fuel is a genuine reduction rather than a reallocation, and it is metered, so the reduction is measurable rather than estimated.

Carbon neutral generally means emissions are balanced by purchased offsets. Net zero means emissions are reduced at source as far as technically possible, with only genuine residuals addressed by removals. The distinction matters for data centres because offset-based claims are increasingly discounted by regulators and offtakers, while measurable reductions like metered heat export are not.

By being flexible rather than flat. A campus with storage and dispatchable compute can shed load within seconds at system peak and absorb surplus renewable generation when it is abundant — the balancing behaviour a grid needs more of as variable wind and solar grow. A conventional data centre, which draws constant power regardless of grid conditions, forces the system to build firm capacity on its behalf.

It is designed around them. British Columbia's competitive allocation process weighs environmental impact, community benefit, First Nations partnership, and Canadian data sovereignty and jobs. Heat export addresses the first two directly by displacing fossil heating in local buildings, and the campuses are Canadian-sited and Canadian-operated with local construction and operations employment.

Join Canada's Clean Energy Future

Greco Energy is building the infrastructure for a fuel-free future. Our Energy Transfer Centres are designed to meet the moment—aligned with government goals and ready for deployment.