Microsoft began testing underwater data centers in 2018. While the company saw promising results, it no longer has any active underwater data centers. The tech giant will, however, apply lessons ...

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Credit: Microsoft Microsoft was right. In 2018, it deployed Project Natick off the coast of Scotland, submerging 855 servers and leaving them underwater for just over two years.