• theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    There literally is not one single benefit to putting a data center in space. Every single aspect is harder or worse than on Earth, plus brand new challenges that you’d never need to deal with on Earth.

    free power from the sun and cooling using the emptiness of space

    Lol no and no. Emptiness is insulating, not cooling. That’s why you use a vacuum thermos to keep your food hot. If you need to be in sunlight to generate solar power, then cooling is going to be a huge problem. Generating energy is not free, its also a huge problem. The ISS has solar panels the size of half a football field and does not use nearly the power a datacenter uses.

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      4 days ago

      Does anyone do space datacenters already (aside from the guys who want to put one on the moon)? Because MS stopped with sunk dc for the same reasons; can’t easily fix/upgrade stuff.

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      4 days ago

      Pips are still eyeing quadrocopters as a viable option for everything. Pitchers of said ideas are only there for money and visibility that they get anyway. I’m impressed that door-to-door sellers are now the meta pick in this life.exe