The White Data Center (WDC) launched for business last year in April, but construction of the facility is still ongoing. Meanwhile, efforts are being directed towards establishing…
WTF?! A new business venture in Hokkaido, Japan, has plans to grow 300,000 eels per annum by 2023, in waters warmed by its in-development data center. It also wants to use snow collected from the city’s streets as pre-cooled liquid for its systems. The White Data Center (WDC) launched for business last year in April, but construction of the facility is still ongoing. Meanwhile, efforts are being directed towards establishing a farming venture that will use recycled water warmed by its servers’ cooling system. At first they tested abalone, cherry tomatoes, Japanese mustard spinach, sea urchin, and several other miscellaneous products, but settled on eel, which is a popular luxury dish in Japan. Farm-grown eels are sold at upwards of $100 per kilo at wholesale, or for $90 per dish in restaurants.
