{"id":21958,"date":"2025-10-06T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21958"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:17:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T09:17:38","slug":"china-to-launch-underwater-data-center-for-greener-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/06\/china-to-launch-underwater-data-center-for-greener-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"China to launch underwater data center for greener computing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>AC hinese tech firm is preparing to submerge a pod of servers off the coast of Shanghai. The underwater data center, set to launch in mid-October, could mark a turning point in sustainable technology\u2014but experts warn of major ecological and technical challenges ahead.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a wharf near Shanghai, engineers are putting finishing touches on a large yellow capsule that will soon rest beneath the sea. The structure is being developed by maritime equipment company Highlander in collaboration with state-owned construction firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnderwater operations have inherent advantages,\u201d explained Yang Ye, vice president of Highlander. He said the project could save up to 90 percent of the energy typically used to cool servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By using naturally cold ocean currents instead of traditional air or water cooling, these undersea data centers aim to drastically cut the carbon footprint of modern computing\u2014especially as artificial intelligence continues to drive massive power demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the concept isn\u2019t entirely new\u2014Microsoft tested an underwater data center off Scotland in 2018\u2014the Chinese initiative is among the first commercial deployments of its kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Shanghai facility will serve major clients, including China Telecom and a state-owned AI computing company, and forms part of Beijing\u2019s broader push to lower the environmental impact of data infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft\u2019s experiment concluded in 2020, having proven the idea\u2019s feasibility, but the tech giant did not pursue it commercially. Experts say China\u2019s government support, including a 40 million yuan ($5.62 million) subsidy for Highlander\u2019s previous Hainan project, is giving the concept new momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AC hinese tech firm is preparing to submerge a pod of servers off the coast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216,8,663,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-tech","category-technology","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China to launch underwater data center for greener computing - Rapid News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/06\/china-to-launch-underwater-data-center-for-greener-computing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China to launch underwater data center for greener computing - 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