Strange Data Centers in a Strange Land: Data Hubs in Exotic Places

14/03/2025 33 min Episodio 7
Strange Data Centers in a Strange Land: Data Hubs in Exotic Places

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Is putting a data center under the ocean or in orbit just a novelty or a future-forward idea?
Data centers have been installed put undersea and now in space -- do these exotic locations seem more like a novelty than a benefit to enterprise operations? One benefit is access to natural sources of cooling for data centers, either in the freezing temperatures in space or cold waters of the sea.
Dmitry Zakharchenko, chief software officer for Blaize; and Alvin Nguyen, senior analyst with Forrester, discussed these topics with Shane Snider, senior writer with InformationWeek joining in.

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