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#51828
Microsoft Testing Underwater Servers
Greg - 2/01/2016 9:59 AM
Category: General
Replies: 7

Now system admins will need to be SCUBA certified...

"Taking a page from Jules Verne, researchers at Microsoft believe the future of data centers may be under the sea."

"Microsoft has tested a prototype of a self-contained data center that can operate hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, eliminating one of the technology industry’s most expensive problems: the air-conditioning bill."

nytimes.com/2016/02/01/technology/microsoft-plumb...ata-center.html?_r=0

"The company recently completed a 105-day trial of a steel capsule — eight feet in diameter — that was placed 30 feet underwater in the Pacific Ocean off the Central California coast near San Luis Obispo. Controlled from offices here on the Microsoft campus, the trial proved more successful than expected."

Sounds like they took our past April Fools joke seriously :)

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ram04769 - 2/01/2016 11:16 AM
Very interesting and makes a lot of sense.
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BillParker - 2/01/2016 1:14 PM
Anything underwater is far more expensive than on land. They place nuclear reactors and some old types of fossil fuel plants right next to water and use it as cooling for the plant. Certainly if getting rid of waste heat was that much of a problem it would be cheaper to locate right next to the water but build it on land.
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john_f - 2/01/2016 5:53 PM
Power them with tidal generators...
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Eric_R - 2/01/2016 11:46 PM
From BillParker: Anything underwater is far more expensive than on land.

I don’t think anything. These are just servers that don’t need a lot of room and placing them near the water would still require pumping. Nuclear power plants are huge and require constant human attention. The logistics isn’t close to the same. If your going to make something water tight so you can pump water around it why not drop it in the water and let the ocean currents do it. Looks like a great idea and besides it may create more diving jobs.;)
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BeekeeperGreg - 2/04/2016 7:32 PM
Underwater Servers are not New.
flickriver.com/photos/marielynn/169728067/
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Greg - 2/05/2016 9:06 AM
From BeekeeperGreg: Underwater Servers are not New.

I see what you did there :)