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A A Periola1, A A Alonge2, K A Ogudo2
1Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa. periolaa@cput.ac.za.
Scientific Reports
|February 15, 2024
Summary
A novel mobile underwater data center (UDC) offers enhanced resilience and efficiency by migrating away from seismic and heat wave-prone areas. This approach significantly improves operational duration and power usage effectiveness compared to traditional reservoir UDCs.
Area of Science:
- Data Centers
- Oceanography
- Environmental Engineering
Background:
- Underwater data centers (UDCs) leverage ocean cooling for efficiency but face continuity challenges from marine heat waves and seismic events.
- Existing reservoir-based UDC cooling is non-scalable and struggles with long-duration heat waves due to high computing overhead.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a mobile UDC system capable of migration to ensure resilient and continuous operation.
- To enhance the service continuity for multiple client underwater applications without requiring clients to deploy their own UDCs.
Main Methods:
- Development of a mobile UDC system designed for migration between ocean regions with varying underwater ground displacement.
- Resource utilization is dynamically managed based on client service level agreements to ensure resilient service delivery.
Main Results:
- The mobile UDC approach enhances operational duration by 8.9-48.5% and power usage effectiveness by 55.6-70.7% on average.
- Computing overhead is reduced significantly, by an average of 95.8-99.4%, compared to reservoir UDC methods.
Conclusions:
- The mobile UDC offers a scalable and resilient solution for underwater data center cooling, overcoming limitations of fixed reservoir systems.
- This migration strategy ensures reliable service delivery for underwater applications, even during environmental disturbances like marine heat waves and seismic activity.
Keywords:
Cloud computingDataMarine heat wavesMobile computing systemsMobile networksOperational durationPower usage effectivenessUnderwater data centersUnderwater seismic eventsMore Related Videos
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