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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Peter Thiel is leading investment in an ocean data center powered by waves—and the startup is reportedly worth $1 billion

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Peter Thiel is leading investment in an ocean data center powered by waves—and the startup is reportedly worth $1 billion

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Peter Thiel is leading investment in an ocean data center powered by waves—and the startup is reportedly worth $1 billion | Fortune
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“Extra-terrestrial solutions are no longer science fiction,” Thiel said.
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    This is just a rebranded data center in orbit. Same goal, be completely outside of the law, this time in international waters.

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      Lol the space data center crashed, now it’s an ocean data center

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        can we make it a submarine data center?

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      Right, then they’ll have to build more aircraft carriers to protect it.

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        If we’re gonna go non-credible-defense, why not add an airstrip to the roof of the data center, and it can manage it’s own protection!

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          How is that better than a separate ship?

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        There was the same problem in Space. Russia and China have anti-sat weapons in-orbit pointing at targets already.

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          I’d assume the US too. I haven’t decided if it’s a problem yet. Just a comment. Still thinking about where this can lead to. I guess what I’m saying is that presumably, naval contractors would support this project, so it has a good chance of going forward.

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          So put them where Russia and China’s navies are a problem, but you also have pirates to worry about

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