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Google search finds seafaring solution

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September 16, 2008 at 7:59 am #694
peters	Google may take its battle for global domination to the high seas with the launch of its own “computer navy”. The company is considering deploying the supercomputers necessary to operate its internet search engines on barges anchored up to seven miles (11km) offshore. The “water-based data centres” would use wave energy to power and cool their computers, reducing Google’s costs. Their offshore status would also mean the company would no longer have to pay property taxes on its data centres, which are sited across the world, including in Britain. Read on in: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4753389.ece Doesn’t this sound a little familiar?
September 16, 2008 at 8:19 am #3822
Eelco	Yes: its in the Recent Blog Posts list.
September 16, 2008 at 8:54 am #3824
peters	Point taken, it’s really there: http://www.seasteading.org/stay-in-touch/blog/3/2008/09/07/google-patenting-ocean-data-centers

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