Microsoft to dump it's computers into the sea.
June 6, 2018 at 10:33 am
(This post was last modified: June 6, 2018 at 11:42 am by Succubus.)
Quote:The theory is that the cost of cooling the computers will be cut by placing them underwater.
"We think we actually get much better cooling underwater than on land," says Ben Cutler, who is in charge of what Microsoft has dubbed Project Natick.
What am I missing here, why not keep the thing onshore and cool it with pumped sea water?
Quote:An undersea cable brings the data centre power and takes its data to the shore and the wider internet - but if the computers onboard break, they cannot be repaired.
What the fuck‽ Why bother? I'm obviously missing something here but what?
The cost of this project has to be in the millions, a ten horsepower water pump and a few hundred meters of 6" pipe would cost... fuckall.
My bold.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-44368813
Edit to fix link.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
