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Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Powers an Onboard Data Center, While the Sea Disperses the Heat

Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Powers an Onboard Data Center, While the Sea Disperses the Heat
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Stories like this show real progress in protecting our planet and fighting climate change, giving us hope for a sustainable future.
An offshore wind power firm has developed a prototype turbine that hosts a 12-megawatt data center within its ballast tanks. The demands of AI computing have driven data center developers to seek creative solutions when building these incredibly power-hungry installations. One is to build them into floating offshore installations where renewable energy can be gathered […] The post Offshore Wind Turbine Prototype Powers an Onboard Data Center, While the Sea Disperses the Heat appeared first on Good News Network.
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