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New data storage technology puts the Cloud at the bottom of the sea
Technology is developing rapidly and the quest for sustainable solutions in symbiosis with nature and ecosystems sometimes leads to remarkable methods. One such method is now being launched by Storegate AB in Karlshamn, which is presenting its concept of underwater data storage – SubSurface Servers.
According to Torbjörn Lindkvist, Marketing Manager at Storegate, the technology has several advantages.
– Cooling will not be a problem. If you get down to a reasonable depth, you have a good, constant temperature and water itself is a perfect medium for creating tight contact with the material we want to cool. In addition, in the long run it is both extremely resource-efficient and economical.
The storage method is also praised elsewhere for its beneficial biological effects on the state of the Baltic Sea.
– The underwater racks will basically be like coral reefs, where, for example, perch can lay their eggs. Just like the perch factories with spruce trees placed in the sea that, very successfully, have been established elsewhere in the archipelago,” says Berndt Otten-App, a marine biologist from Germany who is currently researching in Blekinge Archipelago.
Preliminary reports also point to an increase in oxygen levels near the Storegate underwater park. The change is attributed to thermodynamic currents created by the heat from the servers. However, Torbjörn Lindkvist does not want to go into more detail about where in the Blekinge archipelago the server park is located.
– We are still in a testing stage and we have not fully finalized the anchor protection, so we are keeping that secret for now. When we start running live, we will of course have adequate protection for anchor damage. And also attacks from pike and attacks by curious seals, which we currently have some problems with.
(The clip above was filmed during a routine hard disk replacement in the server farm, and then to examine the technical status of the disk in a lab.)
For more information, please contact:
Torbjörn Lindkvist, Marketing Manager, Storegate AB
torbjorn.lindkvist@storegate.com
