China’s Underwater AI Data Center Explained

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00:00What if the world's most powerful artificial intelligence was built beneath the sea?

00:04China just launched the first underwater artificial intelligence data center,

00:08and it's rewriting the future of computing.

00:10Off the coast of Hainan, huge 18-meter-long pressure vessels sit 35 meters underwater.

00:16Each module holds over 400 servers equal to 60,000 gaming personal computers.

00:20Why underwater? Because land-based data centers use massive electricity and waste space.

00:25This solves both.

00:27Since 2021, China's top tech firms Beijing Highlander, Shenzhen High Cloud,

00:31and State Research Labs have worked to make this real.

00:33From port testing in Zhuhai to deployment in open water,

00:36every piece runs on offshore wind and tidal energy.

00:39Each unit is pressure-sealed, corrosion-resistant, and unmanned operated remotely from land.

00:44They're built to last and can be retrieved for upgrades.

00:47China plans 100 modules across 68,000 square meters by 2025.

00:51These aren't just eco-friendly, they're powerhouses.

00:53Training artificial intelligence models, building games,

00:57running industrial simulations, and handling 7,000 chatbot conversations per second.

01:01No fans, no air conditioning, no skyscrapers.

01:04It saves 122 million kilowatt hours per year,

01:07uses zero fresh water, and beats earthquakes with deep-sea stability.

01:11This is about more than data.

01:13It's about land, energy, resilience,

01:15and building a world where artificial intelligence thrives without hurting the Earth.