Microsoft says goodbye to underwater data centers

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What you need to know Microsoft no longer has any active underwater data centers. The company experimented with underwater data centers as part of its Project Natick. Underwater data centers experienced one-eighth the failure rate compared to land-based data centers. Microsoft explained that in other cases it will use what it learned from the project. … Read more

Advanced underwater robots discover deep-sea squids hatching giant eggs

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! During a 2015 expedition to the Gulf of California, MBARI researchers encountered a squid that was hatching exceptionally large eggs. New research suggests that this may represent a previously unknown species in the family Gonatidae. Credit: MBARI × close to … Read more

Underwater fault line could cause a major earthquake on the West Coast

By Nikki Main Science Reporter for Dailymail.Com 8:57 PM June 10, 2024, updated 9:04 PM June 10, 2024 An underwater fault line along America’s west coast could trigger a megaquake that would be more devastating than California’s ‘Big One’, a new study suggests. Using underwater mapping techniques, scientists have mapped the Cascadia Subduction Zone – … Read more