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Microsoft Underwater Data Centres

Curr946
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Hey folks, thought would post this as found it rather interesting.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35472189

 

"Microsoft said its reasons for experimenting with underwater data centres were twofold.

 

Firstly, half the world's population is located within 125 miles (200km) of the coast so data centres in the sea would reduce latency - the time its takes data to travel from its source to customers.

But there were also environmental reasons for the trial. Putting the data centre in the ocean eliminated the need for cooling and, in future, if such centres could be colocated with offshore renewable energy sources, they could also produce zero emissions, according to Microsoft"

 

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