threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days ago[Eric Berger] An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbitarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-link[Eric Berger] An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbitarstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to Spaceflight@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoBuilding datacenters in orbit might not be the problem. The problems are servicing them, latency, connection speed, energy consumption, and heat dissipation.
minus-squarecmnybo@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoThe biggest issue will be radiation. It degrades modern computer hardware pretty quickly.
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoI wonder how good radiation protection has become.
Building datacenters in orbit might not be the problem.
The problems are servicing them, latency, connection speed, energy consumption, and heat dissipation.
The biggest issue will be radiation. It degrades modern computer hardware pretty quickly.
I wonder how good radiation protection has become.