Comment on Why don't these AI data centers build by the ocean?

fubarx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Both Google and Microsoft tried with actual underwater data centers. It looked like it was feasible, but repairing something when it’s deep underwater was not feasible.

Near water, there will be environmental issues – similar problems to factories and nuclear power plants, debris in intakes and warm water affecting marine life.

Basically, the solution is to build more efficient or less compute-intensive software, but that’s not where we all seem to be heading right now.

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