Make datacenters Dutch again!

Microsoft wil een nieuw datacenter bouwen in Middenmeer. Het terrein komt aan de westkant van de A7 en wordt een uitbreiding van het al bestaande datacenter. De grond is vorige week donderdag aangekocht. (NHNieuws). Voor de mensen die nu roeptoeteren EN STIKSTOF DAN? en/of WAAROM EEN BESLOTEN VERGADERING OP HET GEMEENTEHUIS. Dit zaakje was allang beklonken, en is eigenlijk geen nieuws. Hyperscale komt HIERRR, aan de westkant van de A7, naast een al bestaand datacenter. In februari van dit jaar maakte Microsoft bekend de boerderij Fletum (Cultuurweg 8, Middenmeer) van Sicco Mansholt (PvdA) te willen slopen voor uitbreiding datacenters, en op frisse Google Streetview-beelden uit maart 2025 is al te zien dat de boel platligt, en dat er dikke sloten worden gegraven. Kortom: het is niet echt nieuws, Telegraaf. Klinkt allemaal geweldig die vele miljarden, en WeRKgeLeGenHeID (hoewel, als er 12 man in een datacenter rondlopen is het veel). Waar WE ons wel zorgen om moeten maken is dat het allemaal Amerikaanse gigascale CLOUD-dingessen worden.

Want wat hadden we nu in juli van dit jaar afgesproken? Juist.

  • Er is geen overheidsbrede soevereine clouddienst beschikbaar. We zijn te afhankelijk van een klein aantal externe leveranciers, dat is niet acceptabel.

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These Newly Discovered Snailfish Get Bumpy, Dark, and Sleek in the Deep Sea

These Newly Discovered Snailfish Get Bumpy, Dark, and Sleek in the Deep Sea

Thanks to increasingly advanced imaging technologies, researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), in collaboration with SUNY Geneseo, have an unprecedented ability to glimpse rare and previously unknown marine species.

In 2019, an encounter with an unfamiliar pink snailfish, which swam just above the sea floor, led to the documented discovery of a species not yet known to science: the bumpy snailfish. Detected in the deep ocean off the coast of California, this small, light pink-colored vertebrate is characteristic of a snailfish with a large head, jelly-like body, and a narrow, thin tail.

“Many snailfish species have a disk on their belly that allows them to grip the seafloor or hitchhike on larger animals, such as deep-sea crabs,” says MBARI communications specialist Raúl Nava. “Shallow-water snailfishes often cling to rocks and seaweed, curling up like a snail.”

MBARI researchers used a combination of microscopy, micro-computed tomography (micro-CT), and measuring techniques to collect detailed information about the snailfish. They also employed DNA sequencing methods to distinguish each of the three newly found fish from all other known species, confirming they’re totally unique. This also allowed scientists to determine their evolutionary position in the broader Liparidae family, to which snailfish belong.

Dark, bumpy, and sleek snailfish were all named by scientists in this new report. The bumpy snailfish is slightly pink and, like its name suggests, has an overall texture with loose skin that’s a little bumpy. The dark snailfish is fully black in color, and the sleek variety has a uniquely long body and doesn’t possess a suction disk. Sleek indeed.

Take a deep dive into MBARI’s recent findings, plus numerous other underwater discoveries, on the program’s website.

a newly discovered, light pink snailfish shown swimming underwater
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Shirahama/Izu Beach am nächsten Morgen. Dichte Wolken zogen über die Halbinsel Izu hinweg. Zum Glück haben wir die Halbinsel an dem Tag sowieso verlassen und sind zurück nach Tokyo gefahren.
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Shirahama/Izu Beach the next morning. Dense clouds were moving over the Izu Peninsula. Luckily, we were leaving the peninsula that day anyway and heading back to Tokyo.

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Shirahama/Izu Beach the next morning. Dense clouds were moving over the Izu Peninsula. Luckily, we were leaving the peninsula that day anyway and heading back to Tokyo.