China begins building underwater data center with performance equal to 6 million PCs — aims to save 122 million KWh of electricity and nearly ten soccer fields of land | Data centers find refuge at…::China Central Television reports that China has added another data module to the country’s commercial underwater data center (UDC) off Hainan Island.

  • Gigan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That’s a cool idea. The bottom of the ocean is a pretty hostile environment though, it better be very well engineered to have any sort of longevity.

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      11 months ago

      It’s 35m deep - for comparison recreational scuba divers go up to 30m deep and professional scuba divers up to 60m deep.

      It will have to be well engineered and difficult to repair compared to a land facility, but nothing compared to like the space station.

      Very cool idea, after 25 years there should be significant cost savings overall.

      • sir_reginald@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        except that they can’t just repair or replace any hardware. and even if nothing breaks, in 25 years the hardware will be incredibly obsolete. have you tried using a 25 year old computer to do something as basic as browsing the web?

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        11 months ago

        How would it compare to Mint for a beginner user doing mostly web based work and gaming?

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          11 months ago

          I was mostly joking as I’ve never used that distro. I’ve used Linux Mint and it’s pretty much suited for everything you’d need.

        • Ransack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          11 months ago

          Try it. You’re asking for something subjective and dependent on hardware and use case.

          For example I had a ton of trouble with mint. I tried Ubuntu and it was okay. I then tried popos and have been running it for over 3 years now and I’ve had maybe one large hiccup but nothing but a stable system.

            • Ransack@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              11 months ago

              You’re welcome, have fun :). You can also setup virtual machines to see if you like the look and feel before actually installing it on your system.

              This way you’ll be able to try a handful of distros at a time, just a bit of a speed run so you can get to the one you want faster.

  • Lucy :3@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    equal to 6 million PCs

    That has literally no value. My Pi is probably equal to 6 million PCs - if you count C64s as PCs.