By recycling heat this way, Academica save about 240000 in cooling costs. At the same time, Helsingin Energia, the city is energy company, has gained a cheap source of energy. Enough heat is produced by the Academic data center to heat 500 houses or 1000 apartment through the long, Cold Finnish winter. After the success of this first project, several other companies are planning similar heating/cooling systems for their data centers in Finland.