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"Where is the text you’re reading, right now? In one sense, it lives “on the
internet” or “in the cloud”, just like your favourite social media platform or
the TV show you might stream tonight.
But in a physical sense, it’s stored and transmitted somewhere in a network of
thousands of data centres across the globe. Each of these centres is whirring,
buzzing and beeping around the clock, to store, process and communicate vast
amounts of data and provide services to hungry consumers.
All this infrastructure is expensive to build and run, and has a considerable
environmental impact. In search of cost savings, greater sustainability and
better service, data centre providers are looking to get their feet wet.
Tech giant Microsoft and other companies want to relocate data centres into the
world’s oceans, submerging computers and networking equipment to take advantage
of cheap real estate and cool waters. Is this a good thing? What about the
environmental impact? Are we simply replacing one damaging practice with
another?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
