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China has fully operationalized an underwater wind-powered data center 10 km offshore from Shanghai with 24 MW capacity, using seawater cooling to reduce electricity consumption by 22.8%, eliminate freshwater use, and cut land use by over 90%. The project serves as a proof-of-concept for offshore underwater data centers as a sustainable alternative to land-based facilities.
Data center operators are grappling with water scarcity issues, with tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI pledging to reduce water consumption through alternative cooling methods and water replenishment initiatives.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said that orbital data centers may provide nearly unlimited space for AI infrastructure expansion in the future. The biggest challenge is heat dissipation, but he believes it can be solved through engineering.
A tweet discusses the challenges and solutions for cooling orbital datacenters in space, highlighting that despite heat dissipation difficulties, there is ample physical space to accommodate large radiators, as noted by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
This article questions why data centers use fresh water and suggests that coolant water could be recycled and cooled underground, similar to automotive systems, to reduce water consumption.
WIRED's guide to the best fans of 2026, highlighting new smart features like radar tracking, mood lighting, and bladeless designs.
WIRED reviews the best window air conditioners of 2026, including models from Midea, Zafro, GE, Della, and LG, highlighting smart features like app control and voice assistant support, as well as heat pump efficiency.
A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W submerged in paraffin oil for a year shows a 5.97% performance improvement over an identical uncooled unit while computing asteroid data for BOINC.
SizzleAir is a thermal assistant designed to manage heat on fanless MacBook Airs.
A tweet argues that banning new datacenters hinders innovation in cooling and efficiency, advocating instead for regulation that encourages better designs and community benefits.