Power plant
A combined-cycle power plant supplies electricity.
65% efficient plantIllustrative 100 MW power-plant and data-center example
Sample Implementation
See how power for computing could also create fresh water for a nearby community or industry.
How it works
From electricity to fresh water.
Valora links power, computing, cooling and water treatment in one connected flow.
Computing
About 90 MW supports computing at a PUE target of 1.11.
More of the power reaches computingCapture the heat
Direct-to-chip liquid cooling captures heat from the computers.
A closed loop keeps the cooling liquid separateUse the heat
Recovered heat supports MSTD thermal distillation.
Heat becomes part of the water-treatment jobTreat the water
Seawater or impaired water is treated to produce fresh water.
Salts and contaminants stay behind for managed treatmentHeadline result
~5 million m3/yearfresh water could be produced~13,700 m3/day~3.6 million US gallons/dayApproximately 2,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools of fresh water each year.
Why the power split matters
More computing. Heat with a job to do.
PUE compares total facility power with computing power. Closer to 1.0 means less power is used by cooling and other overhead.
Conventional example
PUE 1.18
About 85% supports computing. About 15% goes to utilities and cooling.
Valora target
PUE 1.11
About 90 MW supports computing, while about 75 MW of compute heat is recovered for water treatment.
What the example could change
Use heat. Save water. Avoid more fossil heat.
These values compare Valora with making the same water in a conventional thermal desalination plant that burns fossil fuel for heat.
ERF
Energy Reuse Factor: the share of facility energy reused outside the data center.
tonnes CO2/year
Could be avoided by not burning fossil fuel to make the same water in conventional thermal desalination. This is not CO2 removed from the data center.
No cooling-tower water loss
Heat moves to the water process instead of evaporating water in a cooling tower.
Simple terms and model basis
The assumptions behind this example.
A short guide to the terms and values used in the illustration.
PUE
Total facility power divided by computing power. Closer to 1.0 means less overhead.
ERF
The share of facility energy reused outside the data center.
MSTD
Multi-stage thermal distillation: using heat to separate fresh water from salts and contaminants.
GOR 5
About five units of distilled water for each unit of steam supplied.
DWSIM simulation
25 °C
65 °C
5
100 MW; 65% efficient combined-cycle plant.
About 250,000 tonnes CO2/year.
Source: OPC-Valora.pdf, slides 4 and 8, 26 October 2026. Illustrative model based on the assumptions shown above.