Next time you retrieve a file from your Hotmail inbox, you could be knocking on the door of a thriving underwater habitat with a computer server at its core. Microsoft’s Project Natick, an ambitious ...

In February 2016, Microsoft kicked off a bold research initiative called Project Natick as part of its efforts to develop cloud data center services that provide rapid provisioning with high ...

Microsoft is evaluating the long-term prospects of underwater data centers, in a bid to cut latencies, improve service, and take advantage of some of the ocean's unique characteristics. Saltwater and ...

Microsoft has concluded that underwater datacentres are a reliable, practical and energy-efficient alternative to traditional land-based server farms, following the completion of a multi-year research ...

Most data centers are hidden away inside faceless warehouses and sport massive rows of computers and giant air conditioning units to keep things cool. But apparently that’s not good enough for ...

In brief: We're still seeing companies testing underwater data centers, but Microsoft has decided to call time on its experiment, Project Natick. It sounds as if placing the 40-foot-long tube filled ...

Microsoft has deployed a 40ft long underwater datacentre off the coast of the Orkney Islands near Scotland, as part of its ongoing research into the potential use cases for subsea server farms. The ...

Microsoft Corporation MSFT has seen strong growth in its server products and cloud services division. The company is aggressively growing its data center business. What Happened: The results of an ...

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that underwater server farms are part of the company's plans for future data centers. Microsoft has been experimenting with underwater servers for some time. Project ...

Microsoft is evaluating the long-term prospects of underwater data centers, in a bid to cut latencies, improve service, and take advantage of some of the ocean's unique characteristics. Saltwater and ...