Josh Funk

AP Business Writer
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Underwater data centers will accumulate sea life, like this Microsoft data center testing module, which in two years underwater attracted algae, barnacles and sea anemones.
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In this photo provided by U.S. Navy, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) conducts routine underway operations in the Philippines Sea on June 24, 2022.
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An Amazon company logo marks the facade of a building, March 18, 2022, in Schoenefeld near Berlin.
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