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Atomarine: Nuclear Data Centers at Sea

https://atomarine.co/
25•ndr•45m ago

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heyjstn•31m ago
Why the website and the images look like AI-generated?
iancutzul•29m ago
because they are :))
highvoltageguy•29m ago
With the current capabilities of drone warfare is literally putting ecological bombs near to the shores. Awesome!
JodieBenitez•24m ago
I thought the same... huge security risks (or huge security costs ?).
avens19•24m ago
How do they handle rough seas?
imglorp•22m ago
Translation: they won't let us build datcenters on land because we screw things up too much there. And we can't afford space. So we'll do it at sea where we can run all the gas turbines we want and wreck the Earth from there.
fulafel•21m ago
"Gas today, nuclear tomorrow" in the power section, with a LNG tanker docked to it.
fluxflexer•17m ago
What's the benefit from using an off shore platform against building them on the beach and using pipes for cooling?
cryo32•16m ago
Avoiding legal jurisdiction, regulation and tax by being offshore.

Bring on the exploding drone boats.

sschueller•16m ago
Sealand[1] is becoming attractive real estate again...

[1] https://sealandgov.org/

beloch•16m ago
This reminds me of the Pangeos megayacht from a few years back.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/pangeos-terayacht-turtle/

TL;DR: Pangeos was a concept for a floating free city that trended a few years back, but was never built for obvious reasons, just like how these floating data centres will never be built. Presumably some people were bilked into paying money to the Pangeos scammers, just like there will be those who "invest" in this.

The problem is that it costs a lot more to put a nuclear reactor into a permanently sea-worthy form-factor than it does to build on land and put up with some pesky taxes. There are plenty of places with lax regulations (environmental and otherwise) that will be happy to let you build whatever size data centre you want if you're willing to build the power generation too.

tatersolid•15m ago
Current nuclear-powered ships are run by the world’s premier naval powers and protected by their own stealth or a huge array of armed escort ships.

Have these guys factored in the cost of a task force of protective missile frigates, subs, and destroyers at each site?

cbg0•14m ago
That's a problem for the future, no need to worry investors with these silly questions.
citrin_ru•11m ago
I doubt Russian nuclear ice breakers have naval escort. Until recently they operated within the coverage of on-shore long range SAM system (but most of these SAM system were moved elsewhere recently e.g. to protect oil refineries so Northern Sea Route is no longer protected).
joshuanapoli•4m ago
I don’t think that anyone would want to steal an icebreaker, but a datacenter full of valuable equipment and interesting information is a more likely target.
preisschild•9m ago
Why would a carrier battle group be a prerequisite for this? Capital ships will have escorts anyways, the propulsion system doesn't matter.
fuoqi•8m ago
Nuclear submarines often operate without any escort. Russian nuclear icebreakers and floating SMRs also do not have heavy military escorts.
davidricodias•15m ago
Accident waiting to happen... who's gonna insurance these facilities?
UnfitFootprint•8m ago
Genuinely, have these guys done anything other than AI generated ship pictures? The top down ones look like they didn’t even use a good model.

I’d be stunned if anyone takes this seriously

emifo3•7m ago
So Much land. Even non civilized lands, Even near sea for piping water. What does this idea solve? Or just adds problems like, Non secure assets/nucclear on the sea.
getmoheb•6m ago
freedom from laws
bjord•3m ago
who's ready for gpu piracy?
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21•benn_88•44m ago•3 comments

Atomarine: Nuclear Data Centers at Sea

https://atomarine.co/
25•ndr•45m ago•25 comments