Microsoft Concludes Groundbreaking Project Natick Underwater Datacenter Initiative
Microsoft has ended Project Natick, its groundbreaking underwater data centre project, despite significant accomplishments, according to Data Centre D
Microsoft has ended Project Natick, its groundbreaking underwater data centre project, despite significant accomplishments, according to Data Centre Dynamics. To increase data centre efficiency and environmental friendliness, a 38,000pound container powered by renewable energy was submerged in the water as part of the project initiated in 2015. After a promising first test off the coast of California, the servers were deployed in Scotland in 2018 and proved to be remarkably reliable—underwater servers were up to eight times more dependable than those on land. Even though Project Natick is over, the lessons learned will help with other initiatives in the future, such as datacenter liquid cooling techniques that are more sophisticated. Noelle Walsh of Microsoft highlighted the crucial lessons discovered on the effects of server vibration and underwater operations.
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