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Peter Thiel invests in a startup that’s working on floating data centers.

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Peter Thiel invests in a startup that’s working on floating data centers.

The $140 million funding round, led by Thiel, values Panthalassa at nearly $1 billion, according to the Financial Times. Data centers in space, data centers in the ocean… where won’t they try to put data centers? Posts from this author…

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Peter Thiel invests in a startup that’s working on floating data centers.

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