It was absolutely rigged. You could pass or fail it depending on how you drove. I agree they were high center of gravity and didn’t handle well. So were many other vehicles they passed.

I don’t agree with a test that is dependent on the driver. They could have easily failed the Ford Explorer if they had driven it like the Trooper.

It’s a shady organization.

Terrible article. Does not answer the “why” question. What is the advantage? All it says is that “Seasides can ease the pains of giant mainland AI date centers”. Is it just skirting around taxes and rules, like a floating casino? The ship would have a shoreside power connection or power itself as well apparently. Would the ships generators be subject to the same emission requirements as shoreside plants?

Seems like just a floating barge that will not really be out at sea, just sitting in protected bays or up waterways. Cooling water, would have to use a closed circuit freshwater system with heat exchangers cooling it with saltwater. That would consume less water than the evaporation cooling method, but still is not listed a possible reason.

Ships are expensive. What is the reason for floating a data center? Cheaper than land near big cities? Less regulations? Less taxes? Cooling water? Cheaper electricity?

Isuzu Trooper mentioned! Consumer Reports did them dirty with the rollover test rigging. Really hurt the sales. Glad to see them on the decline as a reremovedble information source.

Yeah the spare parts are an issue for less common vehicles. I was getting some Trooper parts from Australia before the tariffs messed that up for awhile. Really a shame how many cars are scrapped by insurance. Cash for clunkers not allowing parts to be sold also didn’t help much.