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0 pointsDoctorOetker11h ago0 comments

... but don't send any data centers in space where you will have to dump your heat directly by thermal radiation towards the cold CMB... /s

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akomtu10h ago

How do you dissipate so much heat in vacuum? Datacenters will need to boil something like water and then dump it somewhere.

Just like satellites do: heat pipes and radiators.

Not that space DCs are a good idea™ or economical otherwise.

Economics are not the main concern if nobody wants them on Earth.

Sats are optimized for low energy usage. DCs, on the other hand, are water boilers.

jmye7h ago

Do you think data centers and the average satellite generate an equivalent amount of heat?

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