Former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer (Schrep) On Why the Ocean Could Power Future AI Compute

Show Notes

At Presidio Bitcoin’s Type I Summit former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer (Schrep) breaks down why building data centers is harder than people think, and why offshore, ship-like systems could cut complexity with power next to compute, ocean-scale cooling, and massive untapped energy. Panthalassa’s Garth Sheldon-Coulson also walks through the first-principles case, costs, and why this is approach best suited for AI inference. Timestamps 0:00 Why land data centers are so hard to build 1:56 How new infrastructure gets adopted 3:44 Panthalassa’s vision for ocean-based energy & cooling for compute 9:17 Cost stack and scaling 14:03 Training vs inference - what belongs offshore Full video: https://youtu.be/UWobJlMoZP8 🎧 From the Type I Summit recorded at 📍Presidio Bitcoin 🌐 Learn more: https://www.type1summit.org/