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Space @mander.xyz Deebster @programming.dev 10mo ago

Data Centres... in Spaaace? [16m YT vid]

Yewtube mirror: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=d-YcVLq98Ew

Scott Manley discusses Lumen Orbit's plan to data centres in space and whether it or not makes sense.

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[Scott Manley] Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate?

Spaceflight @sh.itjust.works threelonmusketeers @sh.itjust.works 10mo ago

[Scott Manley] Does It Make Sense To Put Data Centers In Space? Can They Really Cost Less To Operate?

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whether it or not makes sense.

It does not.

Here, saved you a click on the bait.
- Like most space ideas the basic concept is not bad. It just relies on a massive 100% reusable spacecraft and currently we don't have one yet.
  
  Also they need to stick radiators on it I'm sure they know that but they didn't show any in the render.
  
  The concept is laughably absurd, because these things are basically impossible for "data center in space":
  
  data uplink of reasonable throughput
  
  power supply
  
  cooling
  
  And even if all these problems vanished, getting anything on the orbit is pretty fucking expensive.
  
  Data center needs daily maintenance.
  
  What would even be point of this silly idea? Unless you are talking about some kind of doomsday data vault, it doesn't make sense at all.
Faster on starlink?

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