Or you put the data centers at different points on earth?

Or you float them on the ocean circumnavigating the earth?

Or we put the datacenters on giant Zeppelins orbiting above the clouds?

If we are doing fantasy tech solutions to space problems, why not for a million other more sensible options?

> Or you put the data centers at different points on earth? > Or you float them on the ocean circumnavigating the earth?

What that does have to do with anything? If you want to solar-power them, you still are subject to terrestrial effects. You can't just shut off a data center at night.

> Or we put the datacenters on giant Zeppelins orbiting above the clouds?

They'd have to fly at 50,000+ ft to be clear of clouds, I doubt you can lift heavy payloads this high using bouyancy given the low air density. High risk to people on the ground in case of failure because no re-entry.

> If we are doing fantasy tech solutions to space problems, why not for a million other more sensible options?

How is this a fantasy? With Starlink operational, this hardly seems a mere 'fantasy'.

	▲	ndsipa_pomu 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> You can't just shut off a data center at night. Why not? A capacity problem can be solved by having another data center the other side of the earth. If it's that the power cycling causes equipment to fail earlier, then that can be addressed far more easily than radiation hardening all equipment so that it can function in space.