Running and cooling the data centres that power computer networks requires a lot of energy and water, and the world needs a lot more of them with the roll-out of artificial intelligence (AI).
What if they could be powered and cooled more sustainably – installed deep underwater, placed high in the mountains, or fired into space where solar power is free and limitless?
China has done all three, and it’s just getting started.
Five years after Microsoft abandoned an experimental underwater data…
Standard Chartered expects bitcoin to slump to US$50,000 before mounting a comeback
As the cryptocurrency market faces mounting pressure, Standard Chartered on Thursday cut its forecast for bitcoin, flagging a further drop to US$50,000 before the world’s largest cryptocurrency stabilises. The digital…