sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoChina says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation, houses 2,000 servers — 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and offs…www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up1346arrow-down113
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minus-squarePieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoMicrosoft has been experimenting with underwater DCs for close to ten years now… I don’t think corrosion is much of an issue as it’s water tight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Natick
minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 hours agoLol, after a prototype proves the viability, they built a larger scale version, more capable, more power, and they use it to run folding@home…
Microsoft has been experimenting with underwater DCs for close to ten years now…
I don’t think corrosion is much of an issue as it’s water tight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Natick
Lol, after a prototype proves the viability, they built a larger scale version, more capable, more power, and they use it to run folding@home…