Ocean Data Centers: Panthalassa Builds Wave-Powered Compute, With a Cost Model to Boot
nwilliams030 · x · 2026-10-09
Startup Panthalassa is building wave-powered data centers in the middle of the ocean. A researcher who studied the company released a model and interactive dashboard testing the viability and cost of moving compute to sea.
- Core thesis: ocean compute may beat land data centers on energy — waves offer massive harvestable power
- The company is hiring, with the founding team described as notably kind
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