Data centers cannot reach the scale they need on land. Grid interconnection queues are reaching a decade, resource competition burdens local communities, and project development is a very non-repeatable task. We're building nuclear-powered, floating data centers: standalone power and compute, deployable anywhere, 4x faster than building on land. Introducing... Atomarine (Y Combinator S26).show more

@_dkout @ycombinator Seems risky? Salt, waves, wind etc.

@_dkout Nuclear holocaust at sea. The tides poison millions. #innovation not .

@_dkout What reactor technology do you plan to use? Will you develop your own or partner with someone?

Most likely integral PWR. We’re currently evaluating vendors

@_dkout @HarksenNiels Might I suggest @valaratomics as an option

@HarksenNiels @valaratomics Definitely on the short list - we'd love to talk to them!

@_dkout Following. What kind of defenses, if any, are you implementing? A floating gold mine is probably the juiciest target.

@_dkout @ycombinator They probably need to burn 100 billion+ before this even turns on. Otherwise love this.

@_dkout How are these protected? Who’s responsibility is it to ensure adversaries can’t just take these out

@_dkout Epic

@_dkout Drop the natural gas and go straight to nuclear, it’s cleaner.

@_dkout What could possibly go wrong??

@_dkout Honestly this is pretty cool. I wish I was smart enough to get involved. But you have my support. Go do something big 👊

@_dkout Awesome

@_dkout How do you handle storms?

@_dkout Off-grid nuclear data centers can be hosted onshore, and they'll cost way less to build and maintain. So why specifically offshore?

@_dkout Also Will need the best anti-drone systems availble as above so below

@_dkout Pretty cool. No pun intended.

@_dkout Sick idea

@_dkout We definitely need to go to the oceans to scale compute, among other things. Look into UHPC instead of steel for the structure. Much longer life without maintenance in seawater.

@_dkout @ycombinator That’s badass!

@_dkout really cool launch!

@_dkout Can't wait to see your trade show exhibit and prototypes. :)

@_dkout The sea is not very forgiving

@_dkout Interesting , how big are your nuclear plants ? Are they modular ? Scalable ?

@_dkout 👀

@_dkout 1. salt

@_dkout What’s the plan for when a typhoon or hurricane hits that area?

@_dkout You can never trust the ocean dude. It has a power that can rip everything you have in it apart . You’ll have to build like a offshore oil platform just to stay in place and floating barges will have magnitudes of risk

That's the plan, semi-submersible or TLP-type design.

@_dkout "Data centers cannot reach the scale they need on land." Incorrect :)

@_dkout We need more forward-thinking groups to help solve problems like this. This and putting them into space will allow us to attain unbelievable levels of compute capability! 🇺🇸

@_dkout Storm contingency??

@_dkout How far out into open waters can these theoretically be built?

Pretty much anywhere, we’re unlocking the 70% of the planet.

@_dkout Very interesting legal/sovereignty potential here. Wish you all the best.

@_dkout @grok compare viability of this plan vs spaceX space data centers

@_dkout I don’t like the idea

@_dkout The future is bright.

@_dkout This is sick, congrats!

@_dkout That´s how they could be designed off shore floating with full solar + deep water gravity battery. We already building prototypes: