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Google Taps the Power of the Sea

Courtesy: GigaOM

A pioneer of experimental technology and innovations, Google plans to serve live traffic from the world’s first seawater-cooled data center in Finland by fall of this year, according to GigaOM. The seawater-cooled data center uses complex filtration systems to pump clean seawater into a heat transfer system, which cools the data center. The water is then pumped back out to sea at a similar temperature it was received to have as little impact as possible on the ecosystem. READ MORE »