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Computing at Sea: Floating and Offshore Data Centres as a Pathway to Sustainable AI Infrastructure
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is transforming data centres into one of the world's fastest-growing sources of electricity demand. As AI systems scale in size and capability, the physical infrastructure supporting computation is approaching critical limits in energy availability, cooling capacity, land use, freshwater consumption, and carbon management. Conventional land-based data centres are increasingly constrained by urban land competition, grid congestion, environmental pressures, and lengthy permitting processes, raising fundamental questions about where future computing
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- arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · 2026-09-11T07:15:21.000Z
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