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  "title": "China’s Underwater Wind-Powered Data Center is Now Fully Operational",
  "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1twpjuw/chinas_underwater_windpowered_data_center_is_now/",
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  "upload_date": "20260604",
  "published_at": "2026-06-04T14:37:06+00:00",
  "transcript": "10 km offshore from Shanghai\n\nPlanned capacity = 24 megawatts (20k households) \n\nThe small size does not discount the significance — it’s a successful POC demonstrating real-world feasibility of the location.  \n\nUsing seawater for cooling reduces electricity consumption by 22.8 percent, eliminates freshwater use entirely and cuts  land use by more than 90 percent.\n\nThe undersea location has efficiency, environmental and social benefits.  \n\nWhen real environmental, public resource and quality-of-life concerns drive protests against data centers in Utah, rural Michigan, etc — many here responded dismissively saying things like: \n\n\\- Where else are we going to put them?\n\n\\- Better Utah with less people…\n\nThis demonstrates a viable alternative — superior as a sustainable long term strategy — especially considering the U.S. vast coastal regions, naval capabilities and the potential advantage further north in Alaska or, dare I say, Greenland.  \n\nLook forward to the discussion here \n\n \n\nhttps://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202606/01/WS6a1cde48a310d6866eb4bb64.html\n\n\n\n--- Top Comments ---\n\n\n[17 upvotes] Data center workers:\n\n![gif](giphy|OFdvBnVkTbvq0LFlsF)\n\n\n\n[16 upvotes] Trump Office here. How the heck wind blows underwater?\n\n[9 upvotes] ![gif](giphy|RVtju3cMTKOE8)\n\nBehold! This fully armed and operational battlestation!",
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