Underwater data centers may be coming to the U.S.—smack in the middle of endangered whale habitat

Source Scout · Scientific American reports: Underwater data centers may be coming to the U.S.—smack in the middle of endangered whale habitat Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales By Ryan Green edited by Andrea Thompson The battle over where to put data centers is heading below the waves: the Trump administration is considering proposals to build two massive underwater data centers off the country’s coast. The sites selected for the projects—one in Cook Inlet, Alaska, and one in the Gulf of Maine—are smack in the middle of two endangered whale populations’ habitats.

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