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The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving unprecedented demand for energy-intensive data centres. Integrating modular AI computing infrastructure with floating offshore wind platforms presents a promising solution for sustainable computing. By combining renewable energy generation, seawater cooling, and advanced digital monitoring systems, offshore AI platforms could significantly reduce carbon emissions while addressing the growing energy demands of AI workloads.

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  • And presumably people would want the AI infrastructure to be available 24x7 ... which is a bit tricky with just local wind power available. You'd need either a full sized interconnector from shore, or a very significant storage system.

    Sea water cooling is doable (the old oil-fired Pembroke Power station famously used water drawn from the sea for all its cooling) but it can be tricky - salt water is mildly corrosive and surfaces exposed to raw sea water usually becomes "fouled" with sea flora and fauna quite quickly. So might be a challenge for a situation where regular maintenance is more difficult.

       - Andy.

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  • And presumably people would want the AI infrastructure to be available 24x7 ... which is a bit tricky with just local wind power available. You'd need either a full sized interconnector from shore, or a very significant storage system.

    Sea water cooling is doable (the old oil-fired Pembroke Power station famously used water drawn from the sea for all its cooling) but it can be tricky - salt water is mildly corrosive and surfaces exposed to raw sea water usually becomes "fouled" with sea flora and fauna quite quickly. So might be a challenge for a situation where regular maintenance is more difficult.

       - Andy.

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