Plans for tidal-powered "Blue Data Centre" flow forward

James S Murray
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Clean tech firm behind plans for tidal-powered Scottish server farm inks deal with green datacentre specialist

Innovative plans for what promises to be the world's first tidal-powered datacentre moved a step closer to reality today with the news that the company behind the tidal turbine technology, Atlantis Resources...

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