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This Offshore Wind Turbine Will House a Data Center Underwater

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Startup Aikido is planning to launch a prototype in the North Sea that combines an offshore wind turbine with a data center housed underwater. The floating wind turbine platform will have three ballast tanks, each capable of hosting a 4-megawatt, liquid-cooled data hall. This innovative project aims to leverage renewable energy sources for sustainable data center operations in the future.

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