SMRTR Science & EngineeringMay 19, 2026Interesting Engineering

China activates world’s first offshore wind-powered underwater data center

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China's first offshore wind-powered underwater data center near Shanghai houses ~2,000 seawater-cooled servers, achieving a PUE of 1.15 and 22.8% energy savings while supporting AI and LLM workloads.

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