Underwater data centers may be coming to the U.S.—smack in the middle of endangered whale habitat

Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales

美國正審議在阿拉斯加庫克灣和緬因灣建設兩座大型水下數據中心，選址恰在瀕危白鯨與北大西洋露脊鯨的棲息地內。項目支持者看重海水冷卻與潮汐供電的成本優勢，而研究者、地方政府和原住民部落則擔憂噪聲、海水升溫及監管門檻被削弱。