OK, it still doesn't quite convince me that the underwater hacking sequence in Mission Impossible 5 made any sense, but I am surprised nonetheless that this idea is even being trialled:
Microsoft on Monday revealed that as the world turns to computingVery odd, if you ask me...
power in the cloud it is working to put data centers under water.
Researchers working on “Project Natick” tested a prototype vessel on
the ocean floor about a kilometer off the U.S. Pacific Coast for about
four months last year....
With about half of the world’s population living near large bodies of
water and a shift to accessing software hosted in the Internet cloud,
having data centers submerged nearby could save money and speed up
access to information, Microsoft reasoned.
Currents or tides can be tapped to generate electricity to power data centers, and the cold depths provide natural cooling.
“Deepwater deployment offers ready access to cooling, renewable power sources, and a controlled environment,” Whitaker said.
Useful for places where land is scarce, like Japan or Hong Kong?
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