China has launched the world's first offshore wind-powered underwater data center near Shanghai, which began full commercial operations last week. This 24-megawatt facility houses nearly 2,000 servers, including GPU clusters, and is designed to handle AI and big data workloads. It utilizes the surrounding ocean water for passive cooling and is powered by nearby offshore wind farms, achieving a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) below 1.15. AI
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IMPACT Addresses critical AI infrastructure constraints by offering a novel, energy-efficient cooling and power solution for data centers.
RANK_REASON This is a significant infrastructure development for AI, representing a novel approach to data center cooling and power. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.7]
