https://www.greenbiz.com/news/2011/05/31/google-uses-sea-water-cool-finland-data-center

Google’s new data center in Hamina, Finland, will be cooled exclusively with sea water, a side benefit from the location and previous use of the facility.

The data center is situated in a former paper mill built in the 1950s by the Gulf of Finland.

Check out this article talking about how Google is using sea water to aid in the cooling of the data center, it illustrates further possibilities that might be realized in the data center cooling space if we consider alternatives to the traditional air cooled solutions.

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