A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.
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That is dumb, space is extremely expensive to get to, power is fairly limited, cooling is a nightmare, and micro meteorite impacts can not only dammage the data center, but possibly initiate Kessler syndrome.
Now a few years ago I read an old article about Microsoft experimenting with submerged data centers which is a way better idea, it is relatively cheap to get to, power is easy to deal with, cooling is trivial, and you don’t need to worry about micro meteorites or Kessler syndrome.
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Gods, why? Vacuum is the ultimate thermal insulator, so getting rid of waste heat is troublesome, launching large amounts of hardware into orbit isn’t exactly cheap, electronics will need additional EM / particle shielding and maintenance when something inevitable breaks or wears out might be a bit harder than usual.
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
shhhhhhshshsh sh sh. Let them. Let them take their stupid fucking infrastructure disasters up into stupid space. this seems like a profitable outcome for everyone 👀
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 1 day ago
Look, I’m all for rich leeches having less money, but I’d prefer it if we didn’t let them piss precious resources away on stupid shit when there’s real problems to be solved. How about just seizing some of their obscene wealth and build some solar farms, fund fusion research or build cheap housing for the homeless or something?