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Underwater Data Centers

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Channel: The YEARS Project · 2018 · News & Politics

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Microsoft sunk one of its data centers to the bottom of the ocean, and it could help save the planet. How? The experiment, called Project Natick, aims to lower the amount of energy needed to cool the equipment. 

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JOEL BACH and DREW MAGRATTEN
WRITERS: DOMINIQUE GREGORY AND ORIANA TANNENBAUM
SCRIPT EDITORS: JOEL BACH, MAGGIE BADORE, JOSH FUTTERSAK, DREW MAGRATTEN, and MATT ROSENBAUM
VIDEO EDITOR: ETHAN DAVID

SOURCES:
[i]  What is Project Natick? Accessed Jul 26 2018. 
https://natick.research.microsoft.com/
[ii] Theguardian.com. How viral cat videos are warming the planet. Sep 25 2018. 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/25/server-data-centre-emissions-air-travel-web-google-facebook-greenhouse-gas
[iii] Forbes.com. Why Energy Is A Big And Rapidly Growing Problem For Data Centers. Dec 15 2017. 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2017/12/15/why-energy-is-a-big-and-rapidly-growing-problem-for-data-centers/#21d276065a30
[iv] Ibid. 
[v] Popsci.com. This Is Why Microsoft Is Putting Data Servers In The Ocean. Feb 1 2016. 
https://www.popsci.com/microsoft-is-putting-data-servers-in-cool-new-place-ocean
[vi] Naval-Group.com. PROJECT NATICK: NAVAL GROUP COLLABORATES WITH MICROSOFT TO DEPLOY UNDERWATER DATACENTER. Jun 6 2018. https://www.naval-group.com/en/news/project-natick-naval-group-collaborates-with-microsoft-to-deploy-underwater-datacenter/
[vii] BBC.com. Microsoft sinks data centre off Orkney. Jun 6 2018.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44368813
[viii] QZ.com. The newest green-tech idea: drown data centers at sea. Jun 6 2018.  https://qz.com/1298583/microsoft-is-now-operating-a-data-center-under-the-sea/
[ix] What is Project Natick? Accessed Jul 26 2018. 
https://natick.research.microsoft.com/

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