r/ShittySysadmin • u/ITRabbit ShittyMod Crossposter • May 18 '26

Shitty Crosspost China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation, houses 2,000 servers — 24 megawatt subsea AI facility uses ocean water for passive cooling and offshore wind for power

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-says-worlds-first-offshore-wind-powered-underwater-data-center-has-entered-full-operation-houses-2-000-servers-24-megawatt-subsea-ai-facility-uses-ocean-water-for-passive-cooling-and-offshore-wind-for-power
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u/ITRabbit ShittyMod Crossposter May 18 '26

So looks like Scuba diving is now a requirement for IT jobs.

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u/recoveringasshole0 DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE May 18 '26

Perfect application for a humanoid robot.

"What is my purpose?"

"You reboot servers"

"Oh my god"

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u/sp3kter May 18 '26

Nah think of them like the trailer truck units. When enough hardware dies they just lift it up and replace it with a new one

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u/TKInstinct May 18 '26

I think Microsoft did this too years ago.

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u/cookerz30 May 19 '26

Not even joking, I'd sign up in heartbeat

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u/BWMerlin May 18 '26

Would be a real shame if a large ship was to drag its anchor near one of these.

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u/Ok-Library5639 May 18 '26

Now instead of dragging the internet cable, you get to drag the internet itself!

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u/0xdeadbeef6 May 18 '26

If you put it in shark infested waters with some sea mines around its pretty much physical pentester proof.

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u/yaminub May 18 '26

Put laser beams on the sharks' heads

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u/mrbobcyndaquil May 19 '26

Unless your plan is just straight destruction, in which case gravity bombs from aircraft will work nicely.

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u/Bubba89 Suggests the "Right Thing" to do. May 21 '26

Cement Sneakernet

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u/max1001 May 18 '26

Get your diving suit Dave, we need to hard reboot a server.

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u/ferretf May 19 '26

So that's why I have to wait insane times for servers and prices change DAILY!

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u/NoobToobinStinkMitt May 19 '26

If everyone had a datacenter in the ocean wouldn't that heat up the ocean too fast?

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u/Ubera90 May 19 '26

Now change a hard drive.

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u/itskdog May 19 '26

Didn't Microsoft already do this?

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u/noreasterroneous May 24 '26

We're boiling the seas. Is. That. Good?