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    3 days ago

    I remember Microsoft experimented with this back in 2020, and while they said it saw successes, it doesn’t appear they’ve done much after the proof-of-concept.

    From 2024:

    In a separate statement, Microsoft told DCD: “While we don’t currently have data centers in the water, we will continue to use Project Natick as a research platform to explore, test, and validate new concepts around data center reliability and sustainability, for example with liquid immersion.”

    Last year, China’s Highlander deployed a 1,433-ton commercial underwater data center off the Hainan island coast.