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cavuman1
7th Jun 2018, 15:18
Micro$oft has constructed and is operating a submerged server farm under the North Sea. This may be of considerable interest to Ricardian who 1) dwells in the proximal Orkney Islands, and 2) has an excellent sense of humo(u)r. Have at it...
Bill Gates as Captain Nemo (http://gizmodo.com/microsofts-newest-data-center-is-a-giant-metal-can-at-t-1826606291)
- Ed :p
11277m
7th Jun 2018, 15:41
A location like that makes it easier for the Russians to access it without being spotted.
Saab Dastard
7th Jun 2018, 20:03
Next time you are tempted to attend a Microsoft technology deep dive session - read the small print carefully! ;)
ZH875
24th Jun 2018, 13:32
All the heat dissipation into the ocean will do nothing to help control the rise in sea temperature.
ricardian
28th Jul 2018, 18:34
Micro$oft has constructed and is operating a submerged server farm under the North Sea. This may be of considerable interest to Ricardian who 1) dwells in the proximal Orkney Islands, and 2) has an excellent sense of humo(u)r. Have at it...
Bill Gates as Captain Nemo (http://gizmodo.com/microsofts-newest-data-center-is-a-giant-metal-can-at-t-1826606291)
- Ed :p
I've only just read this thread. According to an article in The Orcadian (https://www.orcadian.co.uk/underwater-data-centre-installed-on-the-seabed-off-orkney/) the server farm takes 250 kW of electrical power.
Orkney produces more than 120 percent of its electrical load and there are plans (http://marine.gov.scot/information/pentland-firth-and-orkney-strategic-area) to generate 1.6 gigawatts more power. A new cable across the Pentland Firth is being planned (https://www.ssepd.co.uk/OrkneyCaithness/). There was talk of a tidal power scheme in the Pentland Firth but I've not heard anything more about that for a year or two.
On the plus side I've just changed my ISP from BT to SSE. BT were charging £52 a month for phone & broadband but SSE charge £22 for the same scheme. And because I already use SSE as my electricity supplier that price is frozen for 3 years, I get my router free, and there's no connection charge. The icing on the cake is that SSE's helpdesk is in Portsmouth, Hants!
BT were charging £52 a month for phone & broadband
That's interesting. Does it include TV ?
We are with BT for telephone, unlimited broadband, and TV (catchup and record etc). We pay £29 per month.