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AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can’t work (pivot-to-ai.com)
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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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[–] Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Theoretically you could heat pump but the energy required to make it work would probably would probably be more than it's usability

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 1 points 3 weeks ago

You also need to launch metals back up from earth to replace things. So it is all horribly inefficient