Re:Google's Floating Datacenters (Think Oil Rigs)
by khafra on Tuesday September 09, 2008 @08:54AM
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It's good that an entity with the resources and creativity of Google is working on the problem now, so when the oceans rise and separate us into floating colonies with the occasional gilled mutant, we can still get reliable commodity computer hardware.
That said, I've seen equipment that comes back from vessels and oil rigs. Aside from the sheer messiness of the oil rig, the environment (salt, corrosion, water) can be pretty brutal... Solvable naturally, but a hassle.