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AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can’t work (pivot-to-ai.com)
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Science fiction is fiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_SaKXM82yg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251201-ai-data-centres-in-space-why-dcs-in-space-cant-work - podcast

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[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yup, they can only dump heat through infrared radiation. The giant white fins on the ISS are radiators for waste heat.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I think there is another way to dump wase heat. Use it to warm up something that has a lot of heat capacity, and then eject that. Not practical and a huge waste (I also got this from science fiction), so you know they are going to try it. Gonna suck for us groundies.

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