✉news EnvironmentOceans first seen 11 h ago, last 18 min ago, peak #14
Legal Questions Mount Around Underwater Ocean Data Centers
Original: Op-Ed: Legal and regulatory considerations surround ocean data centers
An op-ed in Marine Log argues that ocean-based data centers, promoted by companies such as Microsoft with its Project Natick pilot, face unresolved legal and regulatory questions. Key issues include maritime jurisdiction, environmental permitting, seabed rights and liability for underwater infrastructure. As tech firms explore subsea deployments to cut cooling costs, the piece says existing ocean law offers little clear guidance for operators or regulators.
Why now: Tech companies are actively exploring underwater data centers while regulators have not settled how they should be governed.
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