Dublin Correspondent A scheme to provide heating to homes and offices from an Amazon data centre in Tallaght has been announced by South Dublin County Council. The council has set up Heatworks, the country's first publicly owned not-for-profit energy company, to provide low carbon heat from the data centre situated on the site of the old Jacob's Biscuits factory. Amazon Web Service will pipe excess heat free of charge beginning with council offices and the Tallaght campus of the Technology University Dublin next year. It will also supply commercial premises and housing developments beginning with 135 affordable apartment units. The system will be installed and operated by the Finnish company Fortum and the costs to customers will be similar to gas heating.