China builds the world’s first commercial underwater data center
China has begun construction of the world’s first commercial underwater data center off the coast of Sanya, south of Hainan Island, TomsHardware reports, citing China Central Television (CCTV).
According to CCTV, each storage system can process more than 4 million high-resolution images within 30 seconds.
The total computing power of the data center with 100 storage systems is equivalent to about 6 million personal computers.
It is planned that the size of the future data center will be up to 68 thousand. square meters, which is about 10 football fields. However, one of the advantages of underwater data centers is that they potentially save 68 thousand dollars. square meters of land that could be used for other purposes, such as housing or industrialization.
In addition, underwater data centers save 122 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and 105 thousand tons of waste. tons of fresh water annually.
They can use cold seawater for natural cooling, which helps reduce operating costs.
It is noted that the completed underwater data center will be 40-60% more energy efficient than traditional land-based data centers.
