China is building underwater data centers that use seawater for cooling and 97% wind energy for power to meet rising AI demand.
A $223M facility six miles off Shanghai will hold up to 792 AI-capable servers and launch in September.
It’s expected to train models like GPT-3.5 in a day while using 30% less electricity than land-based centers. Microsoft tested a similar idea with Project Natick in 2018 but shelved it.
Meanwhile, China is scaling fast. Environmental concerns remain, but South Korea and Japan are already exploring similar offshore data solutions.
I think google or Microsoft attempted something similar a few years back but it proved too difficult for them to maintain.
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Where does the heat go?
Back to where it came from!
Think it thru. They are heating the ocean.
Think bigger...
Soft target
Ok. They are heating the big ocean.
