The next step in Google’s benevolent attempt to take over the world comes in the form of semi-autonomous floating data centres.  Stick some of their ‘data centres in a shipping container’ on a boat and float it out on the ocean somewhere, presumably in international waters.  Add a Pelamis machine, which converts the energy in the ocean’s waves into electricity and don’t worry about heat, it is floating on the largest reservoir ever to be included in a watercooling rig.  Drop by The Register for a look.

“About 70 per cent of the Earth is covered by water. So Google’s thinking it had better build some data centers that can float.

With a recently-released patent application, the search giant cum world power seeks exclusive rights to what it calls a “water-based data center”. This modular collection of processing, storage, and network resources would sit on a ship anchored somewhere offshore, using the crashing waves for both power and cooling.”

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