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Understanding Underwater Data Centers: The Basics Explained

30 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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Subsea data centers power most of the world's internet traffic through fiber-optic cables on the ocean floor. Unlike what many assume, these cables run entirely on oil and gas energy, not satellite links.

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Yeah, so I guess I'd start by saying, whenever I talk to people also about subsea data centers, or even just the subsea environment, I'm met with the same, often like trepidation or awe. They're like, what is going on? Because it is hard to understand and it's niche. So a couple of things to say on that. Everything that you and I are relying on right now from, you know, our computers, To the power, to the, to the power that's provided for the internet cables, for the subsea cables, all comes from oil and gas. The cables that you and I are communicating on, we're not going over satellites now, we're going subsea cable.

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