Most Data Lives in the Cloud. What if it Lived Under the Sea?
40% is used for cooling.Data centers in the ocean can dissipate heat in the surrounding water. Microsoft’s center uses a small amount of electricity for cooling, while Subsea Cloud’s design has an entirely passive cooling system.2) Reliability - The Microsoft experiment also found the underwater center had a boost in reliability. When it was brought back to shore in 2020, the rate of server failures was less than 20% that of land-based data centers.This was attributed to the stable temperature on the sea floor and the fact oxygen and humidity had been removed from the tube, which likely decreased
JFD Acquires Closed Bill Diving System
JFD, an underwater capability provider serving the commercial and defense diving markets, and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced that it has acquired the closed bell saturation diving system and associated assets formally owned by The Underwater Center. The acquisition will enable JFD to reestablish the global closed bell diver training program - also known as sat diver training - and the only UK-based training capability that will fulfill an urgent market need for skilled saturation divers.The reestablishment of closed bell diving training in the UK will allow commercial divers to
Subsea State? Steady with Waves of Optimism
a long, long time coming but the subsea industry is finally starting to feel the positive effects of improved market conditions in oil and gas.Pockets of the supply chain are still incredibly fragile, and the impact of this prolonged downturn was underlined yesterday by the announcement about The Underwater Center going into administration - a tragedy not only for our industry but also for the U.K.Overall, however, the sentiment is much more positive and subsea companies are reporting improved trading performance which should lead to better results.Supply is still out-stripping demand, however, so margins
New Hydraulics Training Course at The Underwater Center
Subsea training facility The Underwater Center has introduced a new hydraulics course which will provide candidates from a wide range of industries an introduction to fluid power systems. Hydraulics are an essential component of many industrial applications in manual and automated plant, from forestry, agriculture and marine engineering, to complex robotic and mechatronic systems. The Underwater Center has developed the course to give candidates an introduction to the principles of fluid mechanics and provide hands-on experience using the Center’s new training equipment.
Underwater Center Links with Bibby for ROV Apprenticeships
Scottish subsea training facility, The Underwater Center, has partnered with Bibby Offshore to provide ROV apprentices with the opportunity to gain practical, unique hands-on experience. The apprentices, who are employed by Bibby Offshore but are still too young to go offshore, will benefit from operational experience in the field with live ROVs and will undertake a wide variety of tasks including the mobilization/demobilization of the work class ROV. The first two apprentices have completed three weeks of training where they gained experience in the Center’s mechanical
Tekmar Trial Proves Successful at The Underwater Center
Tekmar Energy, which supplies cable protection systems (CPS) to the offshore windfarm industry, has carried out a full-scale demonstration of its products at The Underwater Center, the subsea training and trials facility based in Fort William. The objective of the demonstration was to prove the ability to rapidly and reliably remove a CPS without the need for divers. This is particularly key for the future as offshore windfarm projects are being installed in increasingly deeper waters where diving becomes more dangerous and costly. With numerous offshore wind industry leaders in
NZ Navy Dive Team Receives ROV Training
A team from the Royal New Zealand Navy has recently finished an intensive ROV training course, delivered by The Underwater Center at the Naval Base at Devonport, New Zealand. The nine-day course focused on in-water operation training of the Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV, which is regularly used by the Navy for reconnaissance and security missions. Warships were berthed very close-by, allowing the candidates to work under and around the vessels, carrying out a range of training exercises. The course was split between classroom lectures and practical/in-water operational training and
Subsea Cener to Deliver Enhanced Diver Training Courses
Subsea training facility, The Underwater Center, is helping to increase its students’ employability in the downturn by adding new modules to its commercial air diving courses, offering an enhanced package which cannot be found anywhere else in the world. From March 2016, the ‘Premium’ and ‘Construction’ diver training packages will also include: Commercial Enriched Air Nitrox Course; MJI 21 Hydraulically Tensioned Subsea Bolted Connections Course; IMCA Diver Medic Training (DMT) or IMCA Assistant Life Support Technician (ALST) Training
Subsea UK to Sponsor MATE ROV Competition
. The initiative, organized by the Robert Gordon University, encourages young engineers to design and test underwater machinery with help from industry mentors. Subsea UK joins BP, which has supported the competition since its first year, as headline sponsors, with ROVOP and The Underwater Center in Fort William providing additional support. The major STEM initiative aims to inspire future engineers through hands-on experience of designing remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) used underwater in the oil and gas, defence, oceanology and marine renewables industries. Last
February 2024
