The US-based classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has published a study on floating nuclear-powered data centres, detailing design considerations that support the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and crypto currencies.
The report says floating nuclear-powered data centres “seem to be an excellent match” for next generation of data centres.
It details design considerations for a floating data centre that would use large river estuaries or coastal waters as a heat sink for both servers and small modular reactors (SMRs) onboard a purpose-built barge.