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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
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[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

@bitofhope

Pretty sure space datacenters are also going to be even more disposable.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

imagine a $100b GPU data centre with the disposability of a cubesat

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 2 days ago

Oh yea absolutely. Underwater datacenters have one upside (cooling) and massive downsides (everything else, more or less). Space datacenters trade that upside into yet another downside, make the downsides even bigger and add a few extra downsides for good measure.