There are already llava/magma vents in the ocean… But the thought of human heat being added makes me upset because it’s just another piece.
China Is Putting Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool
Submitted 2 hours ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-powers-ai-boom-with-undersea-data-centers/
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SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 34 minutes ago
Sounds like a great idea. OTOH, impossible to calculate the damage to local ecosystems vs. traditional methods.
Totally uneducated guess: Probably better? Cooling is a major power suck, as well as consuming water.
Roughly 40 percent of the electricity consumed by an ordinary data center is for this purpose.
We’re draining aquifers that take thousands of years to build up. Don’t read up on that, it’s horrifying. So if we have to have data centers, I’m gambling that underwater is the lesser of two evils.
winkly@lemmy.world 37 minutes ago
Quick! The oceans aren’t heating up fast enough! 🤦♂️
fubarx@lemmy.world 58 minutes ago
Microsoft and Google both prototyped it. FWIW, they didn’t take it to production once the data was collected.
IIRC, cooling worked fine if placed in the right place with circulation, but maintenance and part replacement was a major issue.
scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Microsoft did it first
bloodfoot@programming.dev 2 hours ago
Right, humans are actually gonna boil the ocean… aren’t we.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
Rain World (2017)