/technologies/industrial-automation-space/b/blog/posts/microsoft-retrieved-its-underwater-datacenter-after-two-years-of-deploymentThe datacenter was retrieved from the seafloor off Scotland&#39;s Orkney Islands. Algae, barnacles and sea anemones grew on the datacenter. (Image Credit: Jonathan Banks) Microsoft completed its years-long experiment involving a 40-foot long, 12-rac...en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/industrial-automation-space/b/blog/posts/microsoft-retrieved-its-underwater-datacenter-after-two-years-of-deploymentTue, 29 Sep 2020 00:26:26 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:763d1eb4-569a-448b-9f63-66a902f1aa0fcolporteur0<p>&quot;performance of the underwater datacenter is up to eight times more reliable than the on-land counterparts.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I worked as a IT System Administrator we joked among ourselves that the network and server farm would work perfectly if we didn&#39;t have any users.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Assemble a server farm in an area that has optimal environmental conditions, extremely reliable network and power support. Then don&#39;t permit human contact. Hummm I need to study this to determine why the performance is better:)</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=9912&AppID=141&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/industrial-automation-space/b/blog/posts/microsoft-retrieved-its-underwater-datacenter-after-two-years-of-deploymentWed, 23 Sep 2020 12:18:41 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:763d1eb4-569a-448b-9f63-66a902f1aa0fdubbie0<p>An interesting possibility.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Dubbie</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=9912&AppID=141&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">