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AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can’t work (pivot-to-ai.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/techtakes@awful.systems
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Science fiction is fiction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_SaKXM82yg&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251201-ai-data-centres-in-space-why-dcs-in-space-cant-work - podcast

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[–] 10 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Space is cold; but if something is hot in space, doesn't it also need to, like... Push the heat away somehow? No air, no wind, heat just stays there. 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Yup, they can only dump heat through infrared radiation. The giant white fins on the ISS are radiators for waste heat.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

    I think there is another way to dump wase heat. Use it to warm up something that has a lot of heat capacity, and then eject that. Not practical and a huge waste (I also got this from science fiction), so you know they are going to try it. Gonna suck for us groundies.

    "Run, the Muxk servers are overhead, it is raining molten tin!"

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