Microsoft had an idea for lowering costs to operate cloud-based data centers, place them underwater to decrease cooling costs and improve reliability due to operating in a dry nitrogen-only atmosphere. After two years, Microsoft is bringing the data center back to the surface to check how it fared.
This article from BBC News explains more about the why and where of the underwater data center:
Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two years
Microsoft's unusual experiment in the sea off Orkney seems to have provided some valuable lessons.
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This article from BBC News explains more about the why and where of the underwater data center:
Microsoft sinks data centre off Orkney
The sea will keep the data centre cool, but the computers onboard will not be repairable if they break down.
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