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Further conceptual and practical proof of Google’s advances towards flouting the obsolete format of the nation-state altogether.

Google may take its battle for global domination to the high seas with the launch of its own “computer navy”.

The company is considering deploying the supercomputers necessary to operate its internet search engines on barges anchored up to seven miles (11km) offshore.

The “water-based data centres” would use wave energy to power and cool their computers, reducing Google’s costs. Their offshore status would also mean the company would no longer have to pay property taxes on its data centres, which are sited across the world, including in Britain.

Just wait until they figure out how to make those things float in the air - then we’ll have something to talk about! While we’re on the subject, here also is a link to an article about how computers “killed” the nation-state, as well as a follow-up bit about market states and virtual states.

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