At about 3 p.m.

Luo Sheng's private luxury yacht was parked at sea, and he and several personal bodyguards wore life jackets and ran in a small speedboat to a ship docked not far away on the sea.

Shortly after boarding the ship, when we arrived on deck, a group of engineers were busy, and the experimental pods recovered from under the seabed were lying quietly on the deck, and the staff were retrieving valuable data.

"BOSS, tomorrow we will deploy the second round of experimental underwater data centers again, and I hope that tomorrow's sea conditions will remain as calm as today." Ben Catrou, who saw Luo Sheng's arrival, immediately greeted him.

The new experiment pod will have 24 racks and 1,728 servers, and oxygen and water will be pumped out of the cabin before going to sea.

"Package a copy of the complete data for me, upload it to my private server, know my IP, right?" Luo Sheng nodded and said.

“OK！”

Ben Catroux responded, and immediately took Luo Sheng forward and reported on the project he was responsible for.

Ben Catroux is the chief project manager of Bluestar Technology's Kunpeng Project, a data center with a data center, and although he is an expatriate, an American to be exact, he is also a Dutch ancestry, and he is also a key member of the company.

Whether it is the Cote d'Azur or Bluestar Technology, there are more expatriate executives, engineers, scientists, etc., as long as they are talents, as long as the commercial espionage factor is excluded, people can be reused.

The experimental project, called Kunpeng, was officially launched three years ago, and the program has been publicly acknowledged for more than a year.

Bluestar Technology is currently in a state of unrivaled in the field of global cloud computing services, and Nebula Star-Cloud is far ahead of its competitors in terms of technology and market share.

The group company has built 76 large-scale data centers around the world, but this is far from enough, the Internet is developing too rapidly, human beings are in the era of rapid development of big data, and data centers are one of the indispensable hardware infrastructure for cloud computing services.

Today's data centers are still on land, and companies must consider factors such as local climatic conditions, natural disasters, electricity costs, and even local policies when building onshore data centers.

As far as the mainland is concerned, not only Luo Sheng is very fond of Lincheng, but other Internet technology companies such as Ali are also very fond of this place, the local climate is cool all year round, the natural conditions can be used to cool the servers, the area is geologically stable, and it is far away from natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods.

Data centers deployed overseas tend to favor polar regions.

To put it simply, the temperature should be low and stable, there should be no natural disasters, and electricity should be cheap.

Bluestar Technology's plan to build a data center on the seabed is also based on these factors.

At the bottom of the sea, you can use seawater to cool the server, and most of the natural disasters can be avoided in the depths of the seabed, such as typhoons on the southeast coast of China, hurricanes in North America, etc., which may cause problems above sea level, but will not have any effect on the bottom of the sea.

Tidal and offshore wind can also be used to generate electricity, and most of the big cities are coastal cities, which can also reduce the problem of data transmission delays.

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Inside the cabin, Luo Sheng, Ben Katru, and the engineers and scientists of the "Kunpeng" project were sitting together to discuss the technical aspects.

Ben Catrou looked at Luo Sheng and said: "The second phase of the one-year experiment plan is about to take place, in which we will need to further evaluate the data and performance, including how to work with the shipyard, whether the server can provide enough reliable data, and the economic effect compared to the onshore data center, etc., to solve these problems in order to determine the trend of the third phase of the plan." ”

Luo Sheng looked around at everyone and his eyes fell on a researcher: "I am more worried that the construction of a data center on the seabed will affect the living environment of marine life, and such concerns must be taken seriously, and the harmonious coexistence of man and nature is the path to sustainable development." ”

The researcher replied, "We shared this concern, so the team developed a set of tools to track the organisms that live in the sea near the data center to keep an eye on the ecosystem of the undersea center." ”

Luo Sheng smiled: "I said how could I see a group of marine biologists and a documentary photography team on the ship?" ”

Everyone laughed.

Luo Sheng was succinct: "What did you find?" ”

"In the past three years of the first phase of the project, we have found that the underwater experimental data center has not been repelled by seabed life, but has become a protected area," the researchers said. ”

Luo Sheng was quite curious when he heard this: "Protected area? ”

The researcher nodded and explained, "The footage of the ocean floor shows that small fish can avoid being eaten by the big fish here, and small fish can feed here. ”

After a while, Ben Catroux took out a document and flipped through it and said: "The experimental project will officially enter the second phase of experimental work tomorrow, but its official commercial use has not yet been determined. ”

Luo Sheng said: "There is no rush for commercial use, and solving all potential technical pain points is the first priority to deal with now. ”

Katru nodded and said, "Since the main body of the Kunpeng Database is located on the seabed, the corrosion resistance of the container's shell, the impact on marine life, and the water pressure cannot be ignored. ”

Luo Sheng: "What about the solution?" ”

At this time, the technical person in charge of the project here replied in an orderly manner: "Regarding the problem of seawater corrosion, in terms of material selection, although titanium alloy can achieve excellent performance and excellent corrosion resistance, it is not suitable for the production of containers due to the high cost and our large scale." ”

"The research of composite materials is currently the focus of the research team, and it also has a strong corrosion resistance and relatively excellent cost advantages, but it cannot withstand excessive water pressure, and the conclusion is that it cannot be used, and we have to find new technical solutions."

Luo Sheng, who was holding a pen, clicked on the table, thought for a while and said: "I have a solution here, choose to use steel as the material for the production of the container, in order to prevent the corrosion of the container, the surface must be coated with a large number of coatings to avoid direct contact with seawater, and in order to prevent the occurrence of corrosion caused by the peeling off of the coating, the cathodic protection strategy must be adopted, and zinc must be selected, which will not cause harm to the marine environment." ”

Hearing BOSS's suggestion, several core technology researchers present were all amazed and couldn't help but applaud.

So soon the perfect balance between safety and economy has been struck?

Catroux licked suddenly: "The boss is indeed the greatest technological genius of our time. ”

Just lick it, lick it to the end.

Luo Sheng has long been immune to this kind of touting, and he has no expression.

However, the technicians of the "Kunpeng Project" are not dry food, and the scientists under Luo Sheng's command are all the top IQ groups in the world, and they quickly thought of potential problems, only to see an engineer speak.

"In this way, the accumulation of marine organisms such as barnacles and shells on the surface of the container is also a new problem that cannot be ignored, and in order to avoid unnecessary losses caused by the accumulation of marine organisms on the surface of the container, we should think of a solution that uses accelerated surface water flow and smooth coating as soon as possible."

Luo Sheng nodded: "Yes, due to the use of smooth coating, dirt, bacteria, etc. cannot accumulate on the surface of the container, so that marine organisms will not accumulate on the surface of the container, find a solution as soon as possible, and apply it in the third phase of the experiment." ”

The crowd immediately made a memo.

After a while, the researcher said: "In addition, there is the problem of container heat dissipation, the 'Kunpeng Project' has gone through the first stage, mainly using the internal and external dual heat dissipation grilles for seawater exchange to solve the problem of equipment heat dissipation, but the external grilles are easy to fail due to the accumulation of marine life, this time we recovered six pods, two of them were hung up directly, and the remaining few are not very optimistic, the reason is this." ”

Luo Sheng asked, "Have you found a solution?" ”

The researcher nodded and said: "We have found this problem, we have discovered this problem through the cameras on the surface of the submarine data center a year ago, and the second phase of the plan has eliminated the external exchange grille and used seawater inhalation to ensure the heat dissipation effect." Although this solution can effectively reduce costs and ensure high heat dissipation efficiency, marine life can also enter the internal grille and accumulate as a result. ”

After a pause, the researcher immediately added: "However, we have also found a solution to this problem, which is that the pipes inside the grille are covered with an extremely smooth coating and the equipment is equipped with electrolytic chlorine production equipment, which produces chlorine gas that is enough to kill bacteria and organisms in seawater, and because chlorine can quickly dissolve in seawater, it will not pollute seawater." ”

The researchers attending the meeting answered some of the boss's questions seriously and in detail one by one, and did not dare to lie, because unlike other bosses who did not understand technology, Luo Sheng himself was a technical boss, and the questions he asked were quite professional and deeply critical, and lying was discovered in minutes.

Therefore, the development progress is wherever it is, and I dare not hide it or exaggerate it.

Luo Sheng nodded with satisfaction, and immediately asked the last question: "What about the pressure of sea water?" ”

"The water pressure on the seabed is terrifying, and the Kunpeng technical team finally decided to design this device to be circular after multiple considerations," the researcher said. Because any matrix shape can be damaged due to the pressure of the seawater, the circular structure can reduce the pressure as effectively as possible. ”

"According to the recovered pod test report, it has been possible to operate safely at a depth of 170 metres with a limit depth of 330 metres, but the depth deployed during the test was only 100 metres and the coating thickness was up to 75 mm, and the second phase has significantly improved its performance to achieve a deployment depth of 290 metres and a coating thickness of only 19 mm."

The impromptu seminar lasted less than half an hour, and he was very satisfied with the progress of the "Kunpeng Project", which was half a year earlier than expected.

At present, the research of submarine data center is not only the pioneer of Bluestar Technology, but also a large number of followers.

Microsoft, Google, Amazon and other large-scale European and American technology giants in the field of cloud computing services also regard this as a key research and demonstration topic, and it seems that the industry has reached a tacit consensus that Bluestar Technology must do it, at least to open a topic of demonstration and research.

was frantically touched by his peers to cross the river, and Luo Sheng couldn't help it.

The reason why he can become the idol and pride of the people, why his company can be so well-known, and why he will be named the title of "archbishop" by the majority of melon-eating netizens is that he is leading the trend of the technology industry again and again, and a large group of followers behind him imitate it, and they are all former famous technology giants.

At present, there is only one such cattle in China, and that is Luo Sheng.

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