{"id":23441,"date":"2026-06-09T07:37:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/worlds-first-wind-powered-underwater-datacentre-starts-operating-in-china\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T07:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T05:37:31","slug":"worlds-first-wind-powered-underwater-datacentre-starts-operating-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/worlds-first-wind-powered-underwater-datacentre-starts-operating-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent <\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China presses forwards with solutions for energy challenges created by the country\u2019s artificial intelligence boom.<\/p>\n<p>The Shanghai Lingang undersea datacentre demonstration project, which launched in May, has a capacity of 24 megawatts. It is a joint effort between HiCloud Technology and China Communications Construction, a state-owned company.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/jun\/09\/worlds-first-wind-powered-underwater-datacentre-starts-operating-in-china\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b1257a3924a3d4b6e9c06dece08497f8e5cf0e7b\/176_0_4880_3904\/master\/4880.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=7bd4814be3e388aa3c0b20bb602f13f9\" title=\"World\u2019s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China\" \/>Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent<br \/>\nThe world\u2019s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China presses forwards with solutions for energy challenges created by the country\u2019s artificial intelligence boom.<br \/>\nThe Shanghai Lingang undersea datacentre demonstration project, which launched in May, has a capacity of 24 megawatts. It is a joint effort between HiCloud Technology and China Communications Construction, a state-owned company. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Datacentre off Shanghai coast uses less power and water than land-based equivalent The world\u2019s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China presses forwards with solutions for energy challenges created by the country\u2019s artificial intelligence boom. The Shanghai Lingang undersea datacentre demonstration project, which launched in May, has a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/worlds-first-wind-powered-underwater-datacentre-starts-operating-in-china\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World\u2019s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23441"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}