cm0002@libretechni.ca to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down10
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.iecm0002@libretechni.ca to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoUmm… We absolutely do, solar panels. Constant full exposure to the sun adds up quick, especially when they don’t even need structural support There’s plenty of problems with this idea, but power is the one strong point
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoPerhaps you should review the power that solar panels designed for space flight can draw vs the requirements of a single GPU. We are not even close to having robust enough solar panels to make this a reality, let alone powering a datacenter full of GPUs.
Umm… We absolutely do, solar panels. Constant full exposure to the sun adds up quick, especially when they don’t even need structural support
There’s plenty of problems with this idea, but power is the one strong point
Perhaps you should review the power that solar panels designed for space flight can draw vs the requirements of a single GPU.
We are not even close to having robust enough solar panels to make this a reality, let alone powering a datacenter full of GPUs.