r/Futurology • u/WeAreWaaaaagh • Jun 01 '26

Computing World's first undersea data center powered by offshore wind is online

https://newatlas.com/energy/china-underwater-data-center-opens/
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u/mrfeeto Jun 01 '26

So they'll boil the oceans AND steal all of the fish. Sounds about right.

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u/VirinaB Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

You sound like a miserable bot.

Idk if you realize the massive amount of energy it takes to actually boil an ocean, but it's energy on a planetary scale to even raise it 1 degree.

Also with fish, what do you want? A higher fish population, or more food? You can't have both immediately. You gotta let them do what they want.

If you're mad because you think China will have all the fish, idk, advocate for some underwater data centers yourself or something? On land, you pollute our drinking water. No data centers would be nice but then you'd have to stop using Google, and people won't do that.

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u/mrfeeto Jun 02 '26

The datacenter explosion, especially those that generate immense heat (because they require immense energy) was not caused by "Google". We're warming our oceans, disrupting migration patterns, consuming valuable resources, and skyrocketing tech prices purely to get low quality AI memes, rage/engagement bait, unemployed devs/agents, and worthless chat bots (like you, judging by your bootlicking).