Comment by mrweasel
3 hours ago
Microsoft did do the experiment (Project Natick) where they had "datacenters" in pods under the sea with really good results. The idea was simply to ship enough extra capacity, but due to the environment, the failure rates where 1/8th of normal.
Still, dropping a pod into the sea makes more sense than launching it into space. At least cooling, power, connectivity and eventual maintenance is simpler.
The whole thing makes no sense and is seems like it's just Musk doing financial manipulation again.
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/pr...
> The whole thing makes no sense and is seems like it's just Musk doing financial manipulation again.
It's a fig leaf for getting two IPOs in one. There's no sense in analyzing it any further.