China has begun operations of the world's first undersea data center directly powered by offshore wind, as the country races to solve the soaring energy demands of artificial intelligence with greener and more efficient infrastructure.
  • Deep@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    2 days ago

    im not shitting on this, but would this completely destroy the surrounding ocean ecosystem by heating it up? or i know water holds onto heat longer than land, but i dont know the oceans capacity for heat dissipation

    • davel [he/him]@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      It’s an unfathomably big ocean, and the heat would quickly dissipate via convection. If it has any appreciable effect at at, I think it would be very localized, to an area too small to be a cause for concern.