Google received a patent for the creation of the fleet

The US Patent Office still granted a patent for Google’s original idea of ​​powering data centers on ocean barges using tidal waves. This topic was discussed at Habré in September ), but then it went like a rumor - one of the journalists allegedly saw an application to the patent office describing ships that anchor at a distance of 11 km from the coast, where float power generators are scattered over the waves. On board the "data barge" is a container with computing equipment.

Now the information has been officially confirmed, and we can even study this patent No. 7,525,207 with all the specifications and illustrations.

In the ideal case, such a data center can generate up to 40 MW of energy by itself, it is easy to solve the problem of heat removal to the surrounding ocean. You do not even need to pay real estate tax for him (and indeed, he can swim under his own power to the jurisdiction of any country).


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via Data Center Knowledge