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This young startup wants to power floating data centers with the ocean’s heat, and investors are already on board
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TECHCRUNCH · SAN FRANCISCO — Drogue is harvesting heat from the ocean to power data centers on floating vessels. The first prototype should be bobbing around the ocean, crunching bits, in less than two years.
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- 13 November 2026 · 20:07 UTC
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