Flutterby™! : Old dreams anew

As I read stories about Water Based Data Centers I think about adding something like a Small Modular Nuclear Reactor to the flotilla, and tapping (legally) some undersea fiber cable or maybe parking at a friendly island nation ala Cryptonomicon and being a semi-mobile data center for all of those things that you don't want very much government involvement in. You might even supply excess power to the island for some governmental approvals and umbrella. Having a floating data center makes more sense if you can move it where it is either needed, or economically or legally advantageous. Sergey would probably love to have a "Republic of Google" for some projects.