BEIJING: More than seven companies and institutes — such as China Telecom, Tencent and Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City — have used the service of the world’s first commercial undersea data center in Lingshui Li autonomous county in South China’s Hainan province, according to its builder, Beijing Highlander Digital Technology Co.
The installation of the world’s first commercial undersea data center will not only store data, but also serve as an undersea “supercomputer”, which is equivalent to 60,000 regular computers operating in unison, and can process more than 4 million high-definition images within 30 seconds, China Central Television reported. The clients can also use the center as their disaster backup resource pool, industry model, smart building platform, and intelligent computing center, according to its builder.
The core equipment of the commercial underwater data center, with a design life of 25 years, was successfully installed on Friday. Weighing 1,300 metric tons, roughly equivalent to the weight of 1,000 cars, the equipment reached a depth of 35 meters after nearly three hours of submersion operations.
The center connects modules to a shore station using sea cables. Subsystems such as power distribution, networking and monitoring equipment are all located inside the shore station. Staff can keep an eye on the modules through an underwater monitoring system. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
