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Drakimtoday at 10:50 AM1 replyview on HN

You could also transfer the heat to tungsten rods and drop them on rivaling earth-bound data centers.


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kergonathtoday at 11:06 AM

Why tungsten? In terms of thermal conductivity, It’s way worse than silver and copper and on par with good aluminium alloys. Those are cheaper and much lighter (so again much cheaper to put into orbit).

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