[LINK] Google patent application...

[Richard Chirgwin]

Via slashdot ...File this under "they can't be serious".

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> Water-Based Data Center
>
> *Abstract*
>
> A system includes a floating platform-mounted computer data center 
> comprising a plurality of computing units, a sea-based electrical 
> generator in electrical connection with the plurality of computing 
> units, and one or more sea-water cooling units for providing cooling 
> to the plurality of computing units.
>

And no, the filing date wasn't April 1...

RC