▲ 648 ▼ Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. (taranis.ie) submitted 8 months ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 246 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 2 points 8 months ago (4 children) cause of ping? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ianonavy@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (3 children) There’s nowhere to dump heat! Modern data centers rely on heat exchange systems that move excess waste energy into the air or earth. The servers will be thermally throttled to a crawl. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) water cooling? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ianonavy@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Sure you can have fancy liquid cooling to move heat away from the processors, but you still need something to move the heat into. You can radiate it into space, but not quickly enough to do useful work 24/7. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 8 months ago oh i get it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ianonavy@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (3 children) There’s nowhere to dump heat! Modern data centers rely on heat exchange systems that move excess waste energy into the air or earth. The servers will be thermally throttled to a crawl. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) water cooling? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ianonavy@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Sure you can have fancy liquid cooling to move heat away from the processors, but you still need something to move the heat into. You can radiate it into space, but not quickly enough to do useful work 24/7. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 8 months ago oh i get it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) water cooling? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ianonavy@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Sure you can have fancy liquid cooling to move heat away from the processors, but you still need something to move the heat into. You can radiate it into space, but not quickly enough to do useful work 24/7. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 8 months ago oh i get it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ianonavy@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) Sure you can have fancy liquid cooling to move heat away from the processors, but you still need something to move the heat into. You can radiate it into space, but not quickly enough to do useful work 24/7. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 point 8 months ago oh i get it permalink fedilink source parent