@interestingengineering: San Francisco startup NetworkOcean has put OASIS-00 on the water in San Francisco Bay, a 20 kW floating solar array of sixteen floats that powers an Nvidia H100 GPU in a data center container aboard its support vessel. The Y Combinator-backed company, which pitched underwater data centers in 2024, plans a 1 MW array in 2027 and says it wants to be able to deploy a gigawatt of solar a week by 2030.
humans do NOT need floating data centers to survive and thrive
2026-10-05 15:05:22
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Fletch :
So… ocean heaters? Smart 🙄
2026-10-05 15:29:26
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ValidatingUsername :
Its easier yo build a Dyson sphere on our planet first [Heartwarming]
2026-10-04 21:51:50
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VividBlackout :
in SF bay those panels will be swarmed by sea lions
2026-10-05 15:01:47
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Mark Markguyver Gibb :
🤔My questions are what happens during rough weather? Waves are going to flip and smash those panels. Also, what about ice? Spring thaws will smash those.🤷♂️
2026-10-04 20:13:34
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macSmackin :
How are they connected to the world?
2026-10-04 19:48:20
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Jp :
Look at the size of that array for one chip… we can all see this is not viable
2026-10-05 03:19:32
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Yncobcoe7d :
so this is why my shrimp looks cooked even when fresh
2026-10-05 08:51:48
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user73663743883 :
we already have acidification of oceans and they are already getting warmer, lets just boil the water now!!
2026-10-05 05:55:14
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Chris253649 :
How does putting solar panels on water make it easier to get solar panels? Also, data centers need to run 24/7/365. That’s a lot of batteries they’re gonna need and a lot of wasted efficiency storing and releasing the energy. Why not just take this setup…and deploy it on a remote plot of land? 🤷♂️
2026-10-05 03:12:15
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🔻Goblin Wizard🔻 :
Why do we need data centers when the new Chinese AI can run off a desktop?
2026-10-05 01:46:19
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Jeff :
Why aren’t we putting data centers underneath Nevada with solar panels???
2026-10-04 23:53:37
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Beorge :
free gpu in water
2026-10-04 22:38:24
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Yuba Anglers Fishing Access :
this is the beginning of the end
2026-10-05 15:04:53
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hitsoil :
It will boil the ocean and will cause apocalypse
2026-10-05 00:04:32
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like I said........ :
ai is sitting back while humanity's busy minimizing chances of human survival on the planet
2026-10-05 07:25:30
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elong musk :
just put these on the land lmaooo
2026-10-05 05:31:47
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Donovan :
Oh great, let’s damage the oceans with noise and run off the aquatic life
2026-10-05 05:40:30
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Burnfascists :
So the goal is to destroy the ocean right
2026-10-05 01:31:50
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60 giây | Hiểu thế giới :
fish
2026-10-05 04:50:17
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Dean :
They can F right off with all these Poxy A.I. Data Centres as all they will do is just contribute to Climate change more, our weather system is already F up so yeah they are just adding to the F problem! 😡
2026-10-05 09:07:02
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Riccardo Resteghini :
lol data centres are huge why don't they have solar panels on all the roof space 🤔 ... and we get paper straws lol 😂...what a load of bs 💩
2026-10-05 22:15:10
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Don't bomb children. :
just what the ocean needs, more man made heat.
2026-10-04 21:57:08
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