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Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. (taranis.ie)
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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I think everyone is really confusing what these datacenters are.

They aren't these massive things. They're going to be a little bigger than v3 starlinks all working together in some manner. The best estiamte we have on size is v3 is 20kW of power, and these will be ~100kW

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ugh so we are talking massive constellations. That is so much worse.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ya its going to be massive, I imagine larger than starlink if these dreams come true.