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Microsoft’s Underwater Data Centre Rises From the Seafloor a Grimy Success – Gizmodo Australia
Microsoft’s underwater Northern Isles data centre has risen again from the ocean depth, the company announced on Monday, and it is remarkably intact other than being covered in sea scum. The data centre — which Microsoft sunk under 35.66 m of water off the co…
Microsofts underwater Northern Isles data centre has risen again from the ocean depth, the company announced on Monday, and it is remarkably intact other than being covered in sea scum.
The data centre which Microsoft sunk under 35.66 m of water off the coast of Scotlands Orkney Islands in 2018 resembles a large, airtight fuel tank. After two years on the seafloor, it is now blanketed in algae, barnacles, and cantaloupe-sized sea anemones. But Microsoft Special Projects researcher Spencer Fower…
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