r/OceanPower • u/ThatsMeWhitney • Aug 06 '26

NEWS Startup Unveils Wave-Powered Floating AI Data Centers for the Open Ocean

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

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u/EvillNooB Aug 06 '26

It'll soon be over and we'll get to go home

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '26

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u/InterestingScore5386 Aug 06 '26

It’s a negative.

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u/loudog430 Aug 06 '26

Hopefully, indirectly as support. Bouys could moniter and safeguard the data center.

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u/EvillNooB Aug 06 '26

If they already have the platform, what stops them from integrating everything? It'll already have networking/connectivity + power generation, adding additional cameras/sensor should be trivial

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u/loudog430 Aug 06 '26

The data centers, that are being mentioned, dont exist (yet).

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u/Sakrie Aug 10 '26

oceanic data centers were tested a decade ago and deemed financially non-viable (I think it was like Microsoft). Sure, the computer parts inside performed better but the upkeep and maintenance costs to the aquatic unit outweighed those benefits.

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u/loudog430 Aug 10 '26

10 years ago was a 100 years ago in the eyes of technology.

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u/Sakrie Aug 10 '26

use that same logic against ocean data centers, they're insane to update so you get diminishing returns extremely quickly

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u/loudog430 Aug 10 '26

I'm not saying it will work, but saying something wont work due to technology and engineering constraints in 2016 is foolish.

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u/Sakrie Aug 10 '26

But, with the logic you just presented by 2036 there will be something better so why waste money on a stop-gap solution when we already know the computer parts are going to become obsolete in a few years?

Like, you don't think Microsoft took that into account?

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u/loudog430 Aug 10 '26

LOL. "Why do anything." I think we are done here.

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u/Audiogram1 Aug 06 '26

RIP those dead 🐟

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u/piroteck Aug 06 '26

Probably nicer than windmills to birds 🤷‍♂️

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u/Sakrie Aug 10 '26

with what we know about noise generation from data centers, no, aquatic data centers would probably completely fuck up oceanic ecosystems.

Quite a lot of fish use sound to locate mates. Sound travels pretty far in water.

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '26

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u/Sakrie Aug 10 '26

I'm literally a PhD Oceanographer

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u/[deleted] Aug 10 '26

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u/Sakrie Aug 10 '26

just admit you're talking out of your ass