Comment on Underwater Data Centers Are Real, But The Hype Is Getting Ahead Of The Engineering
Geologist@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
The main benefit of these is the free cooling, but it seems ridiculous to put everything underwater when you can just pipe the cold water like they’re doing in Lake Ontario.
en.wikipedia.org/…/Deep_Lake_Water_Cooling_System
Data centers can be built nearish to the coast (vertically if space is that important) and everything is a million times more practical than trying to move it all under the sea.
otacon239@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes, but with a practical engineering approach, you don’t get to have an office like this:
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