Post #4276190
2026-07-31 09:15 UTC
@davidgerard@circumstances.run It's not TOTALLY unprecedented: see the Russian Project 20870 floating nuclear reactor barge Akademik Lomonosov (in service since 2019):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademik_Lomonosov
(Still sounds like a bubble play, though.)
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@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net 2026-07-31 09:20
@cstross@wandering.shop @davidgerard@circumstances.run I guess the main reason and USP (Unique Selling Point) for offshore datacenters (and those in space) will be "Run your illegal workloads at a place that is definitely outside of any jurisdiction so no one can seize your machines and data !1!!".