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Microsoft Project Natick Undersea Data Center

Sector: Data Center • Location: United Kingdom

Source: The Indian Express

Project
Cancelled

Microsoft's Project Natick was an initiative to deploy shipping-container-sized data centers on the seabed off Scotland to reduce energy use by leveraging natural seawater cooling and offshore renewable energy. The project met technical targets but was abandoned due to lack of client demand and unviable economics.

Status
Closed
Sector
Data Center
Location
United Kingdom
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
The Indian Express

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The project “Microsoft Project Natick Undersea Data Center” is an infrastructure initiative in the Data Center sector, located in United Kingdom. Taiyo aggregates data on it from The Indian Express.

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Microsoft's Project Natick was an initiative to deploy shipping-container-sized data centers on the seabed off Scotland to reduce energy use by leveraging natural seawater cooling and offshore renewable energy. The project met technical targets but was abandoned due to lack of client demand and unviable economics.

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2026-04-04

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