Data Center Power Sails Off to Sea
I ran across a couple of articles about innovative Data Center cooling and power strategies based on good old seawater and tidal waves.
It seems the island nation of Mauritius (yes, you can find it on Google Maps) plans to develop a system to use seawater air conditioning (SWAC) to support data center tenants. The concept taps deep-water currents that bring colder water within two miles of Mauritius.
In Scotland, huge data centers will share energy generated by a tidal power generation project. This article also references Google’s proposed floating data barges that would use oceanic power.
Unfortunately, we aren’t close enough to the coast to harness sea power in Beaverton, but certainly our mild climate offers some power-saving cooling alternatives. (Stay tuned…)
