... but don't send any data centers in space where you will have to dump your heat directly by thermal radiation towards the cold CMB... /s

akomtu 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

How do you dissipate so much heat in vacuum? Datacenters will need to boil something like water and then dump it somewhere.

Just like satellites do: heat pipes and radiators.

Not that space DCs are a good idea™ or economical otherwise.

	▲	janderson215 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Economics are not the main concern if nobody wants them on Earth.
	▲	akomtu 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Sats are optimized for low energy usage. DCs, on the other hand, are water boilers.
	▲	jmye 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Do you think data centers and the average satellite generate an equivalent amount of heat?

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