9th Sep 2019 14:36
(Alliance News) - SIMEC Atlantis Energy Ltd on Monday announced plans for a tidal-powered data centre in Caithness, Scotland.
Shares in the sustainable energy project developer were down 2.9% at 9.95 pence in London on Monday.
Power for the data centre will include electricity supplied from tidal turbines at the existing MyGen project site. MyGen has a seabed lease and consents for another 80 megawatts of tidal capacity on top of its 6 megawatt operational array.
This would be the first ocean-powered data centre worldwide and could "attract a hyperscale data centre occupier to Scotland".
The data centre could become operative in 2024, in line with the tidal array expansion, although a smaller data centre module could be created earlier and use the existing tidal array.
SIMEC Atlantis Chief Executive Tim Cornelius said: "Data is being touted as the new oil. It is arguably becoming the world's most valuable resource, and the amount of data requiring storage is increasing at a staggering pace. However, data centres are undeniably power hungry, and the clients of data centre operators are rightly demanding power be sourced from renewable and sustainable sources.
"This exciting project represents the marriage of a world leading renewable energy project in MeyGen with a data centre operator that seeks to provide its clients with a large amount of computing power, powered from a sustainable and reliable source - the ocean."
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