| ▲ | abirch 4 hours ago |
| How do you cool the data center in space cost effectively? Unfortunately in space there isn't a lot of material (air) to transfer the heat. |
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| ▲ | mike_hearn 3 hours ago | parent [-] |
| You can just use ordinary radiators. Do the calculations, cooling isn't the problem it's made out to be. |
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| ▲ | abirch 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | It's the size of the radiators and the expense of getting them up into orbit (along with maintenance) Most of my assumptions come from discussions like:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46876105 | |
| ▲ | sokka_h2otribe 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | (1) these are not ordinary radiators because ordinary radiators aren't gold plated and don't unfold dramatically from compact shipping sizes
(2) It's absolutely loads of radiators |
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