Three actors, one counterparty.
Data center, DHC network operator and BI-K Energy. Three different interests that become aligned. You commit no CAPEX, and the utility receives stable, industrial-grade, decarbonised heat, guaranteed by those who own the technology.
Thermal volumes referred to a 10 MW IT data center.
Why you need someone in the middle.
The data center wants AI capacity without distractions from the core business. The utility wants stable, high-temperature, contracted heat. Between them sits a gap of language, technological risk and time horizon. They do not speak the same language. Without a technical orchestrator, the value of industrial heat stays on the table.
BI-K Energy steps in the middle. It brings the technology, the financing, the operations and the responsibility for performance. It signs a service contract with the data center, and another with the utility. It aligns two opposing interests and turns them into a single value flow.
Capacity without distractions
- Zero CAPEX
- AI capacity unlocked immediately
- Technological risk transferred
- Continuity in a blackout
Asset, performance, mediation
- Asset financed and operated
- Contracted performance
- Two-way SLAs
- Thermal UPS included
Decarbonised, stable, high-quality heat
- Decarbonised heat: zero combustion, zero direct emissions
- Stable industrial heat, volume and quality guaranteed
- A single technical counterparty
- Multi-year supply continuity
Cost as OPEX, asset on us. Capacity for you.
- 12-year service contract with deductible OPEX cost, zero immobilised CAPEX
- Asset in service quickly, no internal CAPEX approval cycle
- BI-K operates the asset with SLAs on PUE guaranteed against a baseline measured on site, continuity and availability
- Technological risk transferred: BI-K takes responsibility for performance over the full contract term
Monthly fee structure: two contract options
Performance-based
€/kW cooled + € / MWh of heat recovered. You pay for what you get, measured in real time by certified meters.
Savings-based
A percentage of the savings generated against the pre-installation baseline. No savings, no fee accrued. BI-K takes on part of the performance risk.
The formula is chosen in negotiation, based on the site's operating profile.
Decarbonised, stable and guaranteed heat.
The industrial heat recovered from the data center is zero direct emissions by definition: there is no combustion. It is the thermal source that European legislation (RED III, EED) and German law (EnEfG) call for on the network. You do not have to look for it, we deliver it under contract.
- Decarbonised heat: zero combustion, zero direct emissions, compliant with RED III and EED
- Heat supply contract with BI-K, not directly with the data center
- Volume and temperature: 70 – 120 °C, industrial grade, set after the baseline audit
- A single technical counterparty, with contractual responsibility and penalties
- Revenue sharing possible on premium volumes, sized per project
- Relieved of the technical relationship with the data center
Mutual guarantees. Shared transparency.
- To the data center: SLAs on guaranteed PUE vs. on-site baseline (with a joint starting audit), cooling continuity via Thermal UPS, technological risk coverage
- To the utility: contractual commitments on thermal volume (MWh / year) and supply temperature (70 – 120 °C), set after the baseline audit
- To both: transparency on thermal flows and revenue, real-time dashboard, annual independent audits
Reference, in figures.
Reference: 10 MW IT data center.
Specific economic conditions (tariff, revenue sharing, duration) are sized per project.
When this solution is not the right choice.
We tell you upfront, before you book the call.
- The data center wants to retain ownership of the thermal asset
- The site's time horizon is shorter than 12 years
- The DHC utility will not commit to a structured multi-year contract
- Regulatory constraints prevent service contracts on critical assets
- Neither performance-based nor savings-based fits the internal governance on variable costs
In those cases: consider RHP for DHC or RHP + Thermal Storage with standard sale.
Validated technology. Model ready.
Pilot plant operational since June 2026 on the base technology (small-scale Carnot battery). Measured performance in line with design on COP and heat recovery.
Reversible ORC patent application filed October 2025, search report positive on all 12 claims. Co-inventors: Marco Margotti (CEO, 29 years B2B + 6 years on ORC Kaymacor) and Giuseppe Toniato (CTO, 30 years of thermodynamic systems).
The EaaS model is the natural evolution: BI-K brings the asset and the responsibility, the data center brings the site, the utility brings the market for the heat.
Let's build the triangle for your project.
30 minutes. If you are a data center: site requirements, desired duration, performance targets. If you are a utility: desired volume, geographic position, demand time profile.
Are you a data center with CAPEX available? See also: RHP for DHC · RHP + Thermal Storage