Floating AI Data Centers Powered by Ocean Waves: Panthalassa's Wild Bet to Fix AI's Energy Crisis
The AI industry has an energy problem it can no longer hide. Data centers are projected to consume roughly 1,050 TWh globally by 2026 — enough to rank them as the fifth-largest energy consumer on Earth, wedged between Japan and Russia. Every major AI lab is scrambling for power, and the grid can’t keep up. Panthalassa thinks the answer is floating in the ocean. A Giant Lollipop That Thinks The Vancouver, Washington-based company has spent a decade in semi-stealth building something that sounds like rejected sci-fi: autonomous, self-propelled data centers that ride ocean waves, generate their own electricity, and beam results back to shore via Starlink. ...