Is something the matter?

I think a similar thing can be done with lakes and rivers.

Certainly a very interesting experiment.

It is a bad idea.

You also have to supply power and data cables. When you replace that thing, what do you do with those supply cables? Pull them up as well, obviously, introducing bends and cracks sooner or later. It costs shittons of money to repair current underwater cables, which are just cables more or less.

Sabotage would be extremely easy, obviously. Just add a few shark bites to the supply/data cables (sharks will actually do that on their own occasionally)..

Would you say its a "drop in the ocean"

Ha ha, you are on Fire!

Lol this is ridiculous, of all the poorly conceived projects.

What happens when a server fails. Failures are not planned. The lasting for 5 years promise is at best a lie.
And the 'reduced emissions'...how does power or even internet connectivity get to these. Compressed nitrogen will cause plenty of emissions because a plant has to produce it not to mention all the additional infrastructure needed.

What happens when something goes wrong? Do they send in an IT scuba team.

This will not save any money or reduce any emissions. Just a company who isn't a real player in the data center industry trying to get attention.

It's quite useless. Also, consider what would happen if everyone put heat-spitting servers in the oceans?

Nowadays datacentres' architecture is basically a cooling tower. With the hieght, there's a pressure differential between the base and the top which creates a seamless airflow without the need of fan or forced/power supplied devices.

Who wants a businness which grows 100% per year? Leave your common sense outside of this thread.