China opened the world's first undersea data centre off Shanghai's coast, powered directly by offshore wind turbines. The 24 MW facility uses seawater for cooling, reducing electricity consumption by 22.8 percent and cutting cooling-related power use from one-third to one-tenth of total consumption.
The crossover point in Nature journal citations happened in 2022 and has gotten worse for the US since. Their position as global leader of R&D has been lost, perhaps permanently.
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China opened the world's first undersea data centre off Shanghai's coast, powered directly by offshore wind turbines. The 24 MW facility uses seawater for cooling, reducing electricity consumption by 22.8 percent and cutting cooling-related power use from one-third to one-tenth of total consumption.
It seems every week there is some news about a new record or technological innovation coming out of China.
The crossover point in Nature journal citations happened in 2022 and has gotten worse for the US since. Their position as global leader of R&D has been lost, perhaps permanently.