alt Hacker NewsThis is very far from an obstacle, space-functional radiators and thermal management systems do exist.
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denkmoon • yesterday at 9:53 PM
KW scale radiators for GW scale compute demand. It is not based in reality.
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This is very far from an obstacle, space-functional radiators and thermal management systems do exist.
KW scale radiators for GW scale compute demand. It is not based in reality.
How much mass do we need to put in orbit to radiate 10 GW of data center heat? How much rocket fuel does it take to lift the rocket fuel required to lift that mass? Which part of this is cheaper or more effective than building data centers 100 feet below the ice in Antarctica ? Other than serving workloads that are already in orbit, I don't see the point. How much addressable market do we have for AI compute that is already in orbit?