threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month ago[Eric Berger] An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbitarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-link[Eric Berger] An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbitarstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBuilding datacenters in orbit might not be the problem. The problems are servicing them, latency, connection speed, energy consumption, and heat dissipation.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe biggest issue will be radiation. It degrades modern computer hardware pretty quickly.
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI wonder how good radiation protection has become.
Building datacenters in orbit might not be the problem.
The problems are servicing them, latency, connection speed, energy consumption, and heat dissipation.
The biggest issue will be radiation. It degrades modern computer hardware pretty quickly.
I wonder how good radiation protection has become.