Google Data Center in Finland to be 100% Cooled with Ocean Water {VIDEO}

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This is pretty cool. You can get much of the story from the video above. But, in summary, by pumping sea water through an existing sea water tunnel (that was put in place by the paper mill that used to live there). The Hamina, Finland site was acquired in 2009 and, from the beginning, Google’s team was very excited about using the unique features of the site to design a more eco-friendly data center — that’s what makes Google great (one of the things).

Of course, beyond helping the environment, this is going to save Google some good money. Efficiency makes business sense.

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