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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 9 points 2 weeks ago (16 children)

All the venture capitalists who got scammed into funding this:

space is cold

"Data centers on hard mode" is such a good way to put it.

[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 3 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

@burble @techtakes

Why not submerge them in a river for far less money.

Microsoft had an underwater datacenter-in-a-container test a while back.

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

"How do we cool these things?"

"idk, boil the oceans?"

[–] BurgersMcSlopshot@awful.systems 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm surprised lagering caves, except for servers instead of beer hasn't come up yet.

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