Re:Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two y...
by kempbellt on Monday September 14, 2020 @01:08PM
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>what is the direct ecological impact of doing this at scale
Great question. Without real data it's hard to know for sure. I do think that it would be somewhat negligible though.
Considering we have heat vents and underwater volcanoes in the ocean that kick out insane amounts of heat, I can't see datacenters having a ton of impact. Will it affect the immediate vicinity, probably. Will it affect the ocean at large, I doubt it. Unless we start sinking exaflops of CPU power into the ocean, I wouldn't worry too much.
Great question. Without real data it's hard to know for sure. I do think that it would be somewhat negligible though.
Considering we have heat vents and underwater volcanoes in the ocean that kick out insane amounts of heat, I can't see datacenters having a ton of impact. Will it affect the immediate vicinity, probably. Will it affect the ocean at large, I doubt it. Unless we start sinking exaflops of CPU power into the ocean, I wouldn't worry too much.