Microsoft is experimenting with underwater data centers

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http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/1/10883866/microsoft-underwater-data-centers

This morning, Microsoft unveiled Project Natick — an ongoing research project into subsea data centers that could be both cost effective and environmentally friendly. The company started exploring the idea in 2013 after Microsoft data center employees wrote a white paper about the concept (one of the authors had experience on a navy sub). Development of a physical prototype began in 2014 and in August last year, the company deployed its first ever submarine server — a steel capsule some eight foot in diameter — off the coast of California. It ran for 105 days in total, with Microsoft's engineers saying it was more successful than expected.
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Read article in the link.

Fantastic. Good direction to move in.

Link to Natick: http://natick.research.microsoft.com/
 
gregmcc said:
Cool idea. Must cost a fortune to replaced a failed hard drive though!
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It is designed to be redundant to last 5 years underwater without having the need to replace components, that is what they are aiming at with this concept. A retrieve, recycle and replace cycle.

Underwater datacentres may solve many hurdles with global deployments, uniquely this will close the gap with many issues in regard with content distribution.
 
Neoprod said:
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seems hanging out with Kanye and Co hasn't completely rotted your brain :)
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Ahh....it's a slow news day for that today....so I have a lot of time to talk about boring IT and stuff.
 
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