Nikiski, photographed on April 19, 2022. (Marc Lester / ADN) An East Coast company has proposed building an underwater artificial intelligence data center, powered by the strong tides of Cook Inlet, off the shore of Nikiski. Delaware-based DeepGreen Cook Inlet SPV LLC released plans for a 100-megawatt data center project with as many 350 underwater turbines and 66 “hives” housing AI servers, both powered and cooled by water of Cook Inlet. While countries like China are pursuing similar projects in response to the AI boom, it appears this project, if successful, would be among the first of its kind in…