lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square286linkfedilinkarrow-up1673arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoIt would be 20kW for each rack or two. The types of data centre deal they talk about these days are measured in GW of compute. That’s 50,000x just for 1GW.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThese aren’t big things, they’re small satellites. They’re going to be ~100kW. They only need to 5x the existing radiator they think will work.
It would be 20kW for each rack or two. The types of data centre deal they talk about these days are measured in GW of compute. That’s 50,000x just for 1GW.
These aren’t big things, they’re small satellites. They’re going to be ~100kW. They only need to 5x the existing radiator they think will work.