Project Natick
Photos show how Microsoft took a big step forward in its crazy plan to power the internet from the sea
Microsoft has put a data centre in the sea in an experimental effort to see if it can provide internet services faster to coastal cities using renewable energy. It's put the data centre, codenamed Project Natick, on the seafloor close to Scotland's Orkney Islands.
This is Microsoft's plan to power the internet from under the sea
Microsoft has a radical plan to change the way we power content on the internet. And it involves installing data centers in the ocean.