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New data storage technology puts the 'Cloud' at the bottom of the ocean
Technology is evolving rapidly and the quest for sustainable solutions in symbiosis with nature and ecosystems sometimes leads to spectacular practices. One such approach 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 other advantages.
- Cooling will not be a problem. If you get down to the right depth, you have a good, constant temperature and water itself is a perfect medium to create a tight contact with the material you want to cool. Moreover, in the long run it is both extremely resource-efficient and economical.
Elsewhere, too, the storage method is praised for its beneficial biological effects on the state of the Baltic Sea.
- The underwater racks will basically be like coral reefs, where perch, for example, can lay their roe. Just like the perch factories with spruce trees placed in the sea that have been very successfully established elsewhere in the archipelago," says Berndt Otten-App, a marine biologist from Germany who is currently conducting research in the Blekinge Archipelago.
Preliminary reports also point to an increase in oxygen levels in the vicinity of 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're still in the testing stage and we haven't quite got the fuse protection ready, so we're keeping that under wraps for now. Of course, when we go live, we will have full anchor damage protection. And also attacks from pike and attacks from curious seals, which we have a bit of a problem with at the moment.
(The clip above was filmed during a routine hard disk replacement in the server park, to check the technical status of the disk in a lab.)
For more information, please contact:
Torbjörn Lindkvist, Marketing Manager, Storegate AB
torbjorn.lindkvist@storegate.com
