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We should build AI data centers in space because space is cold so they wouldn’t need water to cool. Plus sound can’t travel in space so noise pollution isn’t a problem. There’s also an abundance of space in space
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Anonymous 2d

Can’t see how this would go wrong.

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Anonymous 2d

There are sadly flaws in this plan. Like the fact thousands of giant football field sized satellites would make space travel functionally impossible

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Anonymous 2d

You need water.

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Anonymous 2d

🤔 I kind of like this plan.

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Anonymous 1d

This does not work, actually

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 2d

Yes but space it cold so it can make the hot water used by the data center cold again

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Anonymous replying to -> ___joker__ 2d

Now we just have to convince people like Kevin O’Leary😁

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 1d

There’s a reason why space suits are so bulky- cooling. In as strong a vacuum as space, “hot” and “cold” kind of lose their meaning a bit. It’s not that space is cold, exactly, it’s that vacuum is a really fucking good insulator. If you put a hot drink on a counter, you are losing heat into the counter (conduction). You are losing heat by evaporation- the hottest particles become gas basically. You are losing it by convection with the air. None of those apply in space.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 1d

The only way to lose heat is through radiating it into space. Water cooling just moves that heat around. You still have to get it out somehow. You’d need a lot of engineering to actually lose that heat.

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 1d

The only thing that makes sense about putting data centers in space, from my understanding, is lots of space for solar panels. But you’re vulnerable to solar storms. You have problems with heat. Imagine sending parts to space for maintenance! Imagine the latency- any signal you send must be sent wirelessly to Earth. No way you’re getting a fiber optic cable down to the surface!

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 1d

Not solar storms, cosmic rays, apologies. You need more error correction from my understanding. Issues with bit flips.

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