Project Natick 50% OF US LIVE NEAR THE COAST.  WHY DOESN'T OUR DATA? A research project to determine the feasibility of subsea datacenters powered by offshore renewable energy Project Natick seeks to understand the benefits and difficulties in deploying subsea datacenters worldwide. Phase two extends the research we accomplished in phase one by deploying a full-scale datacenter module in the North Sea, powered by renewable energy.  http://natick.research.microsoft.com/