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The Mary Sue
The Mary Sue
Terrina Jairaj

As Global Water Shortages Loom, China Is Gambling on a Radical Undersea Solution That Could Change How the World Handles AI Cooling

The world’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre is now fully operational off the coast of Shanghai, marking a major gamble by China to solve the energy and water crises plaguing artificial intelligence infrastructure. The Shanghai Lingang undersea datacentre demonstration project, which launched in May, is already proving that submerging servers in seawater can slash power consumption by more than a fifth while eliminating the need for freshwater cooling entirely.

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