Why can’t the heat put out from servers (and similar electronics) be used to generate electricity/power?

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If we can use heat sources as energy, why not use it to put power back into the system?

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We cannot generate power from the heat without having a serious temperature difference between different parts of the generator. A generator operating on the excess heat of a server would be very inefficient and complex. It’s not worth building a bulky generator with the cost comparable to the cost of servers to get like 0.5% of electricity back.

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