The U. S. Patent and Trade Office last month approved a proposal by Google that outlines engineering plans to build a giant floating data center powered by ocean energy.

Google has patented the idea for a data center that draws electricity from systems using energy generated from waves, tides and/or currents. The company specifically talks about using Pelamis machines, developed by Scottish firm, Pelamis Wave Power, as a way to build the power systems.

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