lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square131fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down17
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ielemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square131fedilink
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoIt would be 20kW for each rack or two. The types of data centre deal they talk about these days are measured in GW of compute. That’s 50,000x just for 1GW.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 minutes agoThese aren’t big things, they’re small satellites. They’re going to be ~100kW. They only need to 5x the existing radiator they think will work.
It would be 20kW for each rack or two. The types of data centre deal they talk about these days are measured in GW of compute. That’s 50,000x just for 1GW.
These aren’t big things, they’re small satellites. They’re going to be ~100kW. They only need to 5x the existing radiator they think will work.