Seagoing Servers Hit the Rocks

1sockchuck writes "A plan to build data centers on ships is now defunct. Startup IDS, whose ambitions to convert cargo ships into server farms prompted debate on Slashdot in 2008 and 2010, is in bankruptcy. Google filed a patent for a water-based data center, but it's not clear that the company ever took the concept seriously, and has even spoofed the idea."

Sounds like a reputable company.

[jellomizer]

Customer: So where are your servers located...
Company: International Waters... Barge 12.

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[PaddyM]

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a seaworthy station wagon filled with hard drives.

They are where they wanted to be.

[K. S. Kyosuke]

That is, in deep water.

Better Idea

[ab_iron]

I think caves in Sultanate of Kinakuta would be a much better idea.

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[FatdogHaiku]

I would think A Flock of Seagulls could help with Telecommunication,
but they do have a tendency to run...

Good thing though

[slashmydots]

It's a good thing the plan didn't go through because I guarantee the RIAA and MPAA would have build stealth submarines and sunk it. You can do pretty much anything in international waters lol.

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[NalosLayor]

I think this is an avenue for research. Perhaps, some day, someone will devise some sort of "under-sea" or possibly "sub-marine" waterproof telegraphic cable in order to electrgraphically connect two stationary points across a body of open water. I'd imagine you'd have to customize some sort of cable-laying vessel as well. Once this breakthough is achieved, we'll be able to transmit data from a ship to shore.