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For power you could use a small nuclear reactor, just like submarines and aircraft carriers. I've always thought it would be a fun exercise to take a decommissioned nuclear submarine and turn it into a floating datacenter.


When nuclear vessels are decommissioned they remove the reactors. Operating a naval reactor requires a constant watch by multiple highly-paid experts. They are not cost effective for electrical power generation.


The staffing required to operate a nuclear submarine is astronomical, so it would set the person:server node ratio back decades.

It might be fun but there are better things you can do with $700M.


Yeah but we only need the reactor, not the whole submarine.


Do you want the raft? Because that's how you get the raft.




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