Is Google Building A Navy?
Posted 09/20/08 at 04:11:40 PM | by Justin Kerr
Google is home to many of the world’s smartest and most creative engineers and its newest plan once again proves they aren’t afraid to pioneer. To sum up Google’s idea in a few words, they plan to take the collective knowledge of mankind and send it out to sea, literally. The search giant is home to countless computer systems which crunch the millions of search terms thrown at it each minute and finding ways to keep costs down is always a challenge. Google hopes that by housing these computers on massive ships out in the ocean it will allow them to use sea water to both cool and power the electronics. Google’s commitment to the environment is commendable and even though data centers currently only represent a small portion of our total power consumption, the Mckinsey consulting firm predicts that by 2020 the carbon footprint of server farms will overtake the entire airline industry. In addition to energy savings, Google also stands to benefit from the tax exempt status that comes from operating in international waters. The high cost of operating data centers has pushed other companies to look for creative ways to save money as well. In fact, both Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are rumored to be looking at similarly bizarre options, though none have yet been confirmed.
Let me just say this; if Google plans to take the cloud and cast it out to sea, I hope my Google Doc’s can survive a hurricane.
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Looks like some sort of
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 2008-09-22 08:54
Looks like some sort of torpedo or anal suppository. An high tech anal suppository.
I suppose
Submitted by nightkiller on Sun, 2008-09-21 21:23
Since Seinfeld is already spoken for, the brains at Google have hired Kevin Costner to reprise his role in Waterworld as their spokesman.....
You choose a flightless bird as a mascot and wonder why it doesn't take off?
Sweet a real Sealab
Submitted by beef_wellington on Sun, 2008-09-21 17:15
Hopefully it will have better luck than Sealab 2021 which explodes in every episode.
Submitted by StealthSilver on Sun, 2008-09-21 15:46
If somehow it sinks, the internet will go to shit.
Submitted by -it- on Sun, 2008-09-21 10:03
jeeze, why not just submerge underwater and then anchor it in place. of course they will need a ton of shit to keep water out.
Submitted by CJtech on Sat, 2008-09-20 18:57
First of all storms at sea, second of all, some terrorist groups is bound to bomb it or fire a torpedo at it....
I think it's perfectly
Submitted by jwalch.hawk on Sat, 2008-09-20 17:07
I think it's perfectly reasonable to assume that with the platoon of brilliant minds at Google that they'd never considered the possibility of a storm at sea. Just sayin', yo'.
Submitted by MrNaPaLm32 on Sat, 2008-09-20 15:52
I think its a bad idea, unless they make it like a submarine that can submerge during storms.
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