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Clouds in the ocean: Microsoft touts viability of underwater data centres – ZDNet
Company says underwater data centres are feasible, as well as logistically, environmentally, and economically practical.
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In 2014, Microsoft was convinced a sealed container on the ocean floor could provide ways to improve the overall reliability of data centres so, in 2015, it tested its first underwater data centre.
After working on its design and proving its viability, the company in 2018 deployed a pod full of servers off the coast of Scotland’s Orkney Islands.
The Northern Isles underwater data centre was manufactured by Naval Group and its subsidiary Naval Energies. Orkney Island-based Gr…
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