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Patent US7525207B2 - Water-based data center (Google LLC) https://patents.google.com/patent/US7525207B2/en https://patents.google.com/patent/US7525207B2/en Go
by jetrink 7y ago
Patent 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.