I'd Like To Be Under The Sea.....

[elsiegee40]

I hate to burst your geeky bubble but wouldn't they just float the chamber to the surface to work on it?

 

Depends on whether it costs more or less than getting a sweet Big Daddy/Sister suit and doing the work while submerged.

 

 

If I turned round and said it's going to cost £X and have Y downtime, I'm sure they'd consider letting me get muh Bioshock on.

 

Also, you can bet your bottom dollar that some kind of reef would grow on said data centre due to increased levels of plankton due to warmer water thus ensuring that a marine reserve would be created and you couldn't then move the container

[Garacesh]

Also, you can bet your bottom dollar that some kind of reef would grow on said data centre due to increased levels of plankton due to warmer water thus ensuring that a marine reserve would be created and you couldn't then move the container

 

A very valid point, but the cynic in me thinks Microsoft would just go "Well that's the only way we can fix it. We'll just pay the fine."

[X-13]

If anyone is interested in what's actually going on...

 

 

Project Natick

[Garacesh]

Project Natick

"50% of us live near the coast"? Yeah, sure, for a given definition of 'near'.

 

"50% of us live nearer to the coast than the other 50%"

[X-13]

"50% of us live near the coast"? Yeah, sure, for a given definition of 'near'.

 

"50% of us live nearer to the coast than the other 50%"

 

From the FAQ:

 

"Half of the world’s population lives within 200 km of the ocean"

[bald_pig]

All that fancy web design, and they are still using gif images!

[Arthur]

Webcams: https://natick.research.microsoft.com

 

Microsoft’s undersea data center now has a webcam with fish swimming past 27.6 petabytes of data

 

If you’ve always wanted to watch fish swim past a data center with 27.6 petabytes of storage, stop surfing around as today is your lucky day. Microsoft has taken the oppor-tuna-ty to install a webcam next to its undersea data center, offering live views of just how well the metal container is rusting and the hundreds of fish suddenly interested in cloud data and artificial intelligence. The software maker originally sunk a data center off the Scottish coast in June to determine whether the company can save energy by cooling it in the sea itself, or if it should leave it to salmon else.

 

Microsoft has been experimenting with undersea data centers for years, and the current installation in the Orkney Islands will be deployed for around five years. There are 12 racks with 864 servers and 27.6 petabytes (27,600 terabytes) of storage, enough to store at least 5 million copies of Finding Nemo. The data center is powered by a giant undersea cable that also connects it back to the internet, and the findings could mean the company will scale this project up to more powerful data centers in the future.

[elsiegee40]

Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two years

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-54146718