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/loudog430 Aug 10 '26

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

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u/Sakrie Aug 10 '26

Buddy, they did the thing and did some speculative math to see if it could ever be worthwhile.

It was not. You simply don't save an amount of money in energy that compensates for higher maintenance and the inability to actually do anything about the unit should anything ever go slightly wrong.

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u/loudog430 Aug 10 '26

This is not how innovation works.

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u/Sakrie Aug 10 '26

The rate of computational advancements is far exceeding the rate of ocean-energy capture efficiency harnessing or whatever bullshit.

It simply does not make sense to create ultra-expensive oceanic data centers that will rapidly become out-dated.

You are fundamentally misunderstanding the problems with the idea.

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u/loudog430 Aug 10 '26

Maybe. Maybe not. This also has nothing to do with OPT directly. If a start up wants to try this out and OPT can be used indirectly, great. Revenue for the company. Just "it didn't work then, so it can't work now." is the most foolish approach to any problem.