China Looks to Ocean to Cool Power-Hungry Data Centers
China Looks to Ocean to Cool Power-Hungry Data Centers The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:03:14 0:00 Pop-out player China is looking to the ocean to help reduce the cost of cooling data centers that use powerful computers and servers. The country also seeks to reduce the use of traditional energy sources. The southern island of Hainan has started work on the world's first undersea commercial data center. A Hainan government website said the project is expected to be complete in five years. Data centers store and process internet data and use large amounts of energy to cool thei...