@article{cutler2017dunking, author = {Cutler, Ben and Fowers, Spencer}, title = {Dunking the data center}, year = {2017}, month = {February}, abstract = {When Sean James, who works on data-center technology for Microsoft, suggested that the company put server farms entirely underwater, his colleagues were a bit dubious. But for James, who had earlier served on board a submarine for the U.S. Navy, submerging whole data centers beneath the waves made perfect sense. This tactic, he argued, would not only limit the cost of cooling the machines-an enormous expense for many data-center operators-but it could also reduce construction costs, make it easier to power these facilities with renewable energy, and even improve their performance.}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/dunking-the-data-center/}, pages = {26-31}, journal = {IEEE Spectrum}, volume = {54}, number = {3}, }