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Google will start building data centers in space, powered by the sun, in 2027
- doublerabbit 11mo agok
- stevenalowe 11mo agoThat would be really dumb
- allears 11mo agoTotally. From power to cooling to bandwidth to expense, this is an embarrassingly stupid proposal from a supposedly high tech company. Is this some kind of PR move?
- dekhn 11mo agoWe've seen this same cycle before from Google and Microsoft. Google built shipping-container-like-boxes and microsoft put their boxes in the ocean. The early PR is always "this is great" and after a few years they quietly shut everything down because it's impractical, and maybe mention it quietly in a presentation.
- anigbrowl 11mo agoThis seems like pure pr given the physical constraints. Throw a TPU into space in 2027, 'learn things' for 3 years, by 2030 launch the equivalent of a single rack server run at something less than full capacity. They can do this for 10-20 years at a massive environmental net negative before the auditing catches up with them.
- FridayoLeary 11mo agoDoesn't every energy source not nuclear and geothermal ultimately trace it's source back to the sun? Nuclear is special because it's technically star power.