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Wasn't google looking at building datacenters deep in the ocean for "free" cooling? https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/project-natick-un
by ck2 2y ago
Wasn't google looking at building datacenters deep in the ocean for "free" cooling?
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/project-natick-underwater-datacenter/ https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/pr...
https://www.wired.com/story/data-centres-underwater-climate-crisis/ https://www.wired.com/story/data-centres-underwater-climate-...
https://news.ufl.edu/2024/05/underwater-data-center-security/ https://news.ufl.edu/2024/05/underwater-data-center-security...
https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/china-has-started-building-an-underwater-data-center-performance-is-equivalent-to-6-million-pcs-and-aims-to-save-nearly-ten-soccer-fields-of-land-and-122-million-kwh-of-electricity https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/servers/china-has-star...
- jedberg 2y agoYes, but saltwater is very corrosive. Also they were hard to get to. A datacenter in the arctic regions would at least be accessible -- you could build attached housing and heat it with waste heat.
- ck2 2y agoBuilding things on permafrost always ends badly, that is huge problem in Alaska where they have to constantly re-level buildings and build things on pylons.
- Scoundreller 2y agoLake Ontario has 4C water year round not far from shore. Just need a big enough and deep enough lake in a temperate climate. Not sure when all that added heat becomes a problem, but it’s gotta get dumped somewhere.