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recursive • yesterday at 9:02 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

The real use case for satellite-borne data centers.


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armadyl • yesterday at 9:04 PM

I fail to see how a satellite data center would fix this unless the company was entirely off planet

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ninjagoo • today at 12:55 AM

> The real use case for satellite-borne data centers.

Because of physics and the difficulties of rejecting heat in space, data centers in space aren't going to be a real thing until compute becomes more energy efficient by at least 50x-100x as compared to the present.

protocolture • yesterday at 10:39 PM

Satellites are very reliant on ground ops. Its much like crypto. You think all your stuff is in space, but the FBI agent has a wrench and will just break your kneecaps until you let him in. But also the FBI agent will pull your operating permit for the country your ground stations are in and take you offline.