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China launches world's first wind-powered underwater data center

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The world's first wind-powered underwater data center has begun operations off the coast of Shanghai, China. This innovative facility is designed to be more energy and water-efficient than traditional land-based data centers. Separately, the open-source photo management software digiKam has released version 9.1, introducing support for Pixel motion photos and enhanced timezone capabilities. AI

IMPACT Underwater data centers could offer more sustainable infrastructure for AI workloads, while software updates like digiKam's improve tooling for digital asset management.

RANK_REASON Cluster contains news of a novel infrastructure deployment (underwater data center) and a software product release. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=2 ai=0.4]

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China launches world's first wind-powered underwater data center

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🐧 digiKam 9.1 Photo Manager Released with Support for Pixel Motion Photos digiKam 9.1 open-source professional photo manager is now available for download with

    🐧 digiKam 9.1 Photo Manager Released with Support for Pixel Motion Photos digiKam 9.1 open-source professional photo manager is now available for download with support for Pixel motion photos, timezone support with registered item time-stamps, and more. Here’s what’s new! 📰 Sourc…

    LINKS news.tuxmachines.org/…/digiKam_9_1_Photo_…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent

    🤖 World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent The world’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China pr... 📰 …

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/worlds-first-wind-power… web.archive.org

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