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▲ logicchains an hour ago

With this and the data center destruction in the Gulf, maybe in future countries will need to move to constructing datacenters deep underground to protect them. Probably more expensive, but I imagine still cheaper than building data centers in space.

▲altcognito an hour ago | parent | next [-]

And would actually be protected, unlike data centers in space

▲wolvoleo an hour ago | parent [-]

Data centers in space would be well protected from anyone but nation state level actors though. I always wonder if this is the real reason musk wants to do this. If AI will displace as many jobs as some people predict I'm sure many datacenters would be the target of angry pitchfork mobs.

▲6yyyyyy 19 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

A dedicated group of people with some engineering knowledge and an achievable amount of money could easily launch a missile into space. Getting to space is easy, staying in space is what's hard. You don't even need a warhead, as long as the missile intersects the data center's orbit, just hitting it at speed will have the same effect as a bomb.

The point is moot though, as data centers in space is a complete fantasy that will never happen.

▲lostlogin 14 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Data centers in space would be well protected from anyone but nation state level actors though.

There is always some ingenious attacker though.

New York probably thought it was safe pre 911.

▲nntwozz an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Could they really though? Isn't it possible to focus som lasers from someone's backyard and cause damage?

▲ks2048 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Things in space would be safe, but not launch sites or factories or transportation on land.

▲troupo 38 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

Remember when Internet was supposed to withstand nuclear war?