11/08/2026
We have been thinking a lot about how OTEC technology can fit into this space, (and whether it actually needs to...).
This has involved lots of conversations, with the biggest hyperscalers to the operators of the only Tier IV data centre in the Caribbean.
What we've found is that for the tropics, there is a huge gap to be filled for edge data centres, and the Caribbean is especially behind closing this digital infrastructure gap. This extends far beyond to Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia. Thousands of new data centres are going to be required, and they are going to be smaller and decentralised.
So powering these new data centres may seem the obvious move for energy tech, but at Global OTEC we actually see our deep ocean water cooling capability just as valuable as the power when it comes to compute.
This is a feature our systems have by default, a seemingly endless resource of 4°C water, and one which other renewables can't provide. The goal is to significantly reduce OPEX, improve up-times and provide redundancy.
We're doubling down on this approach, with some exciting news coming soon about our first project...!