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Chinese Company Launches Wind-Powered Data Center at the Bottom of the Sea

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While the tech giants of the world hunger for energy to power their massive data centers, one Chinese company is pushing a solution that would make Jacques Cousteau’s eyes light up: an underwater data center, powered by wind. This week, Chinese firm HiCloud broke the mold by launching the first phase of the 24 megawatt facility off the coast of Shanghai, claiming a world first. According to New Atlas, 95 percent of the data center’s energy comes…

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The idea of sinking data centers in the sea is not new. But a new project in China is now lifting the concept to a new level of sustainability and linking it directly to offshore wind power. read more on t3n.de

In the heart of the special area of Lin-gang, in Shanghai, a structure has been inaugurated that could redefine the concept of data center: the first underwater data center powered almost exclusively by wind energy. This pioneering project, developed with an investment of $226 million, represents a new way to combine the power of the sea wind with the thermal efficiency of the ocean to solve two of the great challenges of digital infrastructure:…

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