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Key takeaway: As AI devours power and land, MOL and Hitachi bet on floating compute, but the real story is what an overcapacity-plagued shipping industry does with its ageing fleet.

There is a certain elegance in the idea that the same industry responsible for moving the world’s goods might soon be responsible for storing its thoughts. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Hitachi and Hitachi Systems announced on 30 March the signing of an MoU for the development, operation and commercialization of a floating ...

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