Pakistan, May 22 -- China has launched what officials describe as the world's first commercially operational underwater data centre, marking a major step in energy-efficient digital infrastructure development.

The underwater facility has been built near Shanghai in the Lingang Special Area and is located around 35 metres below sea level. The project was jointly developed by Chinese authorities and HiCloud Technology with an estimated investment of $226 million.

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According to reports, the data centre contains around 2,000 servers designed to support artificial intelligence workloads, cloud computing operations and 5G services. Officials say the project combines adv...