ShanghaiA $240 million data centre now sits 10 metres underwater.
Experts say it is too early to call China’s model green, citing unstudied effects on nearby organisms.
Seawater cooling saves 18% to 28% of power, an engineer said, and the 95% wind-powered site uses no fresh water.
Operator HiCloud says it plans to eventually build 100 seabed capsules.
How each outlet framed it
- Dialogue Earth
- weighs underwater data centres' cooling gains against unverified marine-organism impacts, citing 250 AI data centres in China this year
Sources: Dialogue Earth