Global Monopoly of Technology

15 pm.

Luo Sheng's private luxury yacht was parked at sea. He and several bodyguards, wearing life jackets, ran in a small speedboat to a ship not far off the sea.

Soon after boarding the ship, when arriving at the deck, a group of engineers were busy. The experimental pod recovered from the sea floor was lying quietly on the deck, and the staff was recovering valuable data.

"BOSS, tomorrow we will deploy the second round of experimental underwater data centers again. I hope that tomorrow's sea conditions will still be as calm as today." Ben Catru, who saw Luo Sheng's arrival, greeted immediately.

The new experimental pod will have 24 racks and 1,728 servers. Before going to sea, oxygen and moisture will be pumped away.

"Pack the complete data for me and upload it to my private server, do you know my IP?" Luo Sheng nodded and said.

"OK!"

Ben Carter responded, and immediately took Luo Sheng to report on the project he was responsible for.

Ben Catru is the chief project manager of Bluestar Technology Group's data center "Pengpeng Plan". Although he is an expatriate and, to be exact, an American, his ancestor is Dutch and he is also an important member of the company.

Regardless of the azure coast or blue star technology, foreign executives, engineers, scientists, and so on go, as long as they are talents, as long as the business espionage factor is excluded, people can reuse them.

The experimental project is called "Xunpeng", which was officially launched three years ago, and this plan has been publicly acknowledged for more than a year.

Bluestar Technology is currently in a state of absolute competition in the field of global cloud computing services. Nebula Star-Cloud is far ahead of its competitors in terms of technology and market share.

The group company has built 76 large-scale data centers around the world, but this is not enough. The Internet is developing too fast. Human beings are in the era of rapid development of big data, and data centers are indispensable for cloud computing services. One of the hardware infrastructure.

The current data centers are still on land. When companies build on-shore data centers, they must consider local climate conditions, natural disasters, electricity costs, and even local policies.

As far as the mainland is concerned, not only Luo Sheng favors this place, but also other Internet technology companies such as Ali. The local area has a cool climate for many years, and can use natural conditions to cool servers. The area is stable in geology, and it is far away from earthquakes, tornadoes, and floods. And other natural disasters.

Data centers deployed overseas favor polar regions.

In simple terms, the temperature should be low and stable, there should be no natural disasters, and electricity should be cheap.

Bluestar Technology is also considering the construction of a data center under the sea based on these factors.

On the bottom of the sea, you can use seawater to cool the server. You can avoid most natural disasters deep in the bottom of the sea. Typhoons on the southeast coast of China, hurricanes in North America, etc. may cause problems above sea level, but not on the bottom of the sea. Have any impact.

Tidal energy and offshore wind energy can also be used to generate electricity, and most of the big cities are coastal cities, which can also reduce the problem of data transmission delay.

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Inside the cabin, Luo Sheng, Ben Catru, and the engineers and scientists of the "Pengpeng" experimental project are sitting together to discuss the technical issues.

Ben Catruw said to Luo Sheng: "What is going on is a two-year experimental plan for one year. In this year, we are required to further evaluate various data and performance, including how to cooperate with shipyards. Server Whether we can provide enough reliable data, and the economic effects compared with onshore data centers, can solve these problems to determine the trend of the third phase plan. "

Luo Sheng looked around and fell on a researcher: "I am more worried that the construction of a data center on the sea floor will affect the living environment of marine life. Such concerns must be taken seriously. The harmonious coexistence of man and nature is the road to sustainable development. . "

The researcher immediately replied: "We have the same concerns, so the team developed a set of tools to track the living creatures in the waters near the data center and pay continuous attention to the ecosystem of the subsea center."

Luo Sheng laughed: "I said how can I see a group of marine biologists and documentary photography teams on board."

Everyone followed with a smile.

Luo Sheng said briefly: "What's found?"

The researchers said: "In the past three years of the first phase of the experimental project, we found that the submerged underwater experimental data center has not been rejected by underwater organisms, but has become a protected area."

Luo Sheng was curious when he heard: "Protected area?"

The researcher nodded and explained: "The image of the sea floor that was transmitted showed that the small fish could be prevented from being eaten by the big fish, and the small fish could find food here."

After a while, Ben Catru took out a document and flipped it over, saying: "The experimental project will officially enter the second phase of experimental work tomorrow, but its official commercial use has not yet been determined."

Luo Sheng said: "Business is not in a hurry, solving all potential technical pain points is the first priority issue to be addressed now."

Catru nodded, saying: "Because the main body of the 'Pengpeng Database' is located on the sea floor, the corrosion resistance of the shell of the container, the impact on marine life and the bearing of water pressure cannot be ignored.

Luo Sheng: "What about the solution?"

At this time, the person in charge of the project technology here replied in an orderly way: "On the problem of seawater corrosion, in terms of material selection, although titanium alloy can achieve excellent performance and excellent corrosion resistance, but due to the high cost and our It's too big to make containers. "

"Research on composite materials is currently the focus of the research team, and it also has strong corrosion resistance and relatively excellent cost advantages, but it cannot withstand excessive water pressure. The conclusion is that it cannot be used, we have to find New technological solutions. "

Luo Sheng holding a pen on the table, thinking about it, said, "I have a solution here. I choose to use steel as the material for the container. In order to prevent the container from corrosion, a large amount of surface must be done. The coating avoids direct contact with the seawater, and in order to prevent corrosion due to the coating falling off, a cathodic protection strategy must also be used. Zinc is selected, which will not cause harm to the marine environment. "

After hearing the suggestion from BOSS, several of the core technical researchers present were all in front of them and couldn't help but applaud.

In this way, a perfect balance between security and economy is achieved shortly?

Catrut immediately licked: "BOSS is indeed the greatest technological genius of our time."

Licking is right, everything is licked to the end.

Luo Sheng has long been immune to this touting, and has no expression.

However, the technicians of the "Yunpeng Project" are not eating rice. The scientists under Luo Sheng are the top IQ groups in the world. They quickly thought of potential problems and saw only one engineer speak.

"In this way, the gathering of sea creatures such as barnacles and shells on the surface of the container is also a new problem that cannot be ignored. In order to avoid unnecessary losses caused by the accumulation of marine life on the surface of the container, we should think about using a surface to accelerate water flow and smoothness as soon as possible. Coating solution. "

Luo Sheng nodded: "Yes, because of the smooth coating, dirt and bacteria cannot accumulate on the surface of the container, which prevents marine life from gathering on the surface of the container. Find a solution as soon as possible and apply it in the third phase of the experiment."

Everyone immediately made a memo.

After a while, the researcher said: "In addition, there is the problem of heat dissipation in the container. The" Peng Peng Project "has now gone through the first stage, mainly using the internal and external dual heat dissipation grills to exchange seawater to solve the problem of equipment heat dissipation, but The external grille can easily fail due to the accumulation of marine life. Two of the six pods we recovered this time were directly hung up, and the remaining ones were not very optimistic, which is why. "

Luo Sheng asked: "Have you found a solution?"

The researcher nodded and said, "It has been found. We have found this problem a year ago through the camera on the surface of the submarine data center. The second phase of the plan has eliminated the external exchange grille and used seawater inhalation to ensure heat dissipation. "Although this solution can effectively reduce costs and ensure high heat dissipation, marine life will also enter the internal grille and accumulate."

After a pause, the researcher immediately added: "But we also found a solution to this problem, that is, the pipes inside the grille are covered with extremely smooth coatings and the equipment is equipped with electrolytic chlorine production equipment. The chlorine gas produced by the equipment It's enough to kill bacterial organisms in the seawater, and because chlorine can be quickly dissolved in seawater, it will not cause pollution to the seawater. "

The researchers participating in the meeting answered the questions of the BOSS one by one in a serious and detailed manner, and did not dare to lie, because unlike other bosses who did not understand technology, Luo Sheng was a technical boss himself and asked very professional questions, and The key point is that lying is discovered in minutes.

So where the development progress is, you can't hide it or exaggerate it.

Luo Sheng nodded with satisfaction, and immediately asked the last question: "What about seawater pressure?"

The researcher said: "The water pressure on the sea floor is terrible. The Kunpeng technical team finally decided to design the device to be circular after many considerations. Because any matrix shape will be damaged due to the pressure of the seawater, and the circular structure can be as effective as possible. Reduce the pressure."

"According to the recovered pod inspection report, safe operation at a depth of 170 meters has been achieved, and the ultimate depth is 330 meters, but the deployment depth during the test was only 100 meters and the coating thickness was 75 mm. The second stage Has greatly improved its performance, achieved a deployment depth of 290 meters and a coating thickness of only 19 mm ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ The temporary seminar lasted less than half an hour, and the progress of the "Pengpeng Plan" made him very satisfied. It was six months earlier than expected.

At present, the research on the submarine data center is not only the pioneer of Bluestar Technology, who is striding forward, but also a large number of followers.

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and other large-scale European and American technology giants in the field of cloud computing services have also regarded this as a key research and demonstration topic. It seems that the industry has reached a tacit consensus. What Bluestar Technology wants to do, it must do it. At least, we must open a research project for argumentation.

Luo Sheng couldn't help being touched by his colleagues.

Why he can become an idol and pride in the hearts of the people, why his company can be so well known, and why he has been titled "primate" by the majority of netizens, is that he is leading the trend of the scientific and technological world again and again. Imitators, and are all famous tech giants.

At present, there is only one such cattle person in China, namely Luo Sheng.

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