US startup Panthalassa to deploy wave-powered floating data centers in Pacific Ocean
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Aman Tripathi
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Panthalassa, a US firm, is developing floating data centers that generate electricity using ocean wave power and utilize natural cooling from deep water. The company received capital to complete an assembly facility near Portland, Oregon, and accelerate a pilot deployment in the northern Pacific Ocean. The approach aims to bypass terrestrial data center constraints like limited grid capacity, water scarcity, permitting delays, and community opposition, positioning wave-powered autonomous ocean nodes as a solution to the AI energy crisis.
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