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Show HN: A boat for servers to keep your tech company on international waters post-digital civil rights.
by seamyb88 7y ago
Show HN: A boat for servers to keep your tech company on international waters post-digital civil rights.
- zawerf 7y agoMicrosoft has an actual underwater data center for energy efficiency purposes: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17244525 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17244525
- jetrink 7y agoPatent US7525207B2 - Water-based data center (Google LLC) https://patents.google.com/patent/US7525207B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US7525207B2/en Google's [...] floating data centers off US coasts (2013) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/30/google-secret-floating-data-centers-california-maine https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/30/google-se...
- colpabar 7y agoJesus, imagine Google's data handling practices in international waters.
- bduerst 7y agoWhy waste money on floating the servers when you can sink them? Microsoft is already piloting it: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44368813 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44368813
- uoaei 7y agoPassive cooling with no rent costs is hard to beat. Just gotta get to the bottom of the ocean first.
- inlined 7y agoNever heard of one being implemented. Maybe that’s because you can’t store a googol in a floating point? I’ll see myself out.
- jiveturkey 7y agoThat doesn't protect you from GDPR, specifically cited in TFA. The companies studied were located in France, Germany and UK and presumably dealt with EU residents' Personal Data. So a boat in international waters (seasteading) won't help you. However, simply locating in China is probably adequate. Obviously your comment is tongue-in-cheek, but being inaccurate it is also misinformation. You've already attracted a serious comment.
- seamyb88 7y agoIf this is how I get rich I'll be happy and sad at the same time.
- pier25 7y agoOr a satellite...