lemmydividebyzeroMar 1

Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

https://reddthat.com/post/61132939

Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. - Reddthat

Lemmy

Show threadlordnikonMar 1
My question is always how the hell are you going to cool them. Do you know hard it is to move heat in a vacuum?
Show threadfallaciousBasisMar 1
A radiator. Next question?
Show threadBeardededSquidwardMar 1
What’s going to be performing convection to dissipate heat from the radiator in a manner to support the heat generated by an AI data center?
Show threadValmondMar 1
Obnoxious as he seems to be, he’s actually right, there will be no convection, but they’d radiate heat in a vacuum, by IR IIRC.
Show threadBeardededSquidward
To do that they’d have to be filled with something other than something water based to be able to do that over a large area which would require constant maintenance to do so. It’s not easily feasible and I doubt people who want to do this or defend it realize that. I have to look it up but it takes Anhydrous Ammonia to perform that in the ISS. Like this is a bad idea and it fries my brain people trying to defend this.
Mar 1 at 6:48pmWeb
Show threadValmondMar 2
Yeah as I have already said, it’s kind of impressive how bad the idea is, I mean how can it be worse…