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The whole idea of orbital data centres just doesn’t seem to pan out… the heat management issues are immense and the bandwidth is never going to be as fast as go
by youngtaff 9mo ago
The whole idea of orbital data centres just doesn’t seem to pan out… the heat management issues are immense and the bandwidth is never going to be as fast as good old fibre
- BurningFrog 9mo agoThe big advantage is 24/7 unblocked solar energy.
- bigyabai 9mo agoSource: Just Trust Me Bro
- youngtaff 8mo agoIt’s not 24/7 — depending on the orbit they’ll spend significant time in the earth’s shadow
- BurningFrog 8mo agoI forget the term in the press release, but the plan really is to place them in orbits that are always out of the earth’s shadow. I assume that means they're pretty far out, which is OK for AI training.