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πŸš€πŸ› οΈ Oh, look! A former NASA engineer is here to enlighten us on the *brilliant* idea of launching server farms into the great beyond. Because apparently, dealing with latency, cosmic rays, and zero gravity is just what data needs! πŸ˜‚ Keep dreaming, space cowboys! 🌌πŸ–₯️
https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/ #NASAengineer #spaceinnovation #serverfarms #cosmicchallenges #datainspace #HackerNews #ngated
Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

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