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Google search finds seafaring solution
Google may take its battle for global domination to the high seas with the launch of its own “computer navy”. The company is considering deploying the supercomputers necessary to operate its internet search engines on barges anchored up to seven miles (11km) offshore. The “water-based data centres” would use wave energy to power and cool their computers, reducing Google’s costs.
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http://www.the-times.co.uk
Keywords: Energy Conservation and Efficiency
Organisation: Google.org
Subjects: Architecture, Energy efficiency, Resource use and management, Banking, finance and investment, Economics, business and commerce, Electricity generation, Wave power
