Data centers need enormous spaces to house servers, cooling systems, power infrastructure, backup systems, and other infrastructure. Land use is why more than two thirds of the 1,500 data centers planned for the U.S. are in rural areas. The Lin gang data center will have a minimal on land footprint, despite neighboring 31 million people. Because it in the ocean, the data center will stay cool using minimal fresh water, which is important because an extremely small percentage of the Earth water
