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energywut ◴[26 Jun 25 20:49 UTC] No.44391208[source]▶

Putting a datacenter in space is one of the worst ideas I've heard in a while.

Reliable energy? Possible, but difficult -- need plenty of batteries

Cooling? Very difficult. Where does the heat transfer to?

Latency? Highly variable.

Equipment upgrades and maintenance? Impossible.

Radiation shielding? Not free.

Decommissioning? Potentially dangerous!

Orbital maintenance? Gotta install engines on your datacenter and keep them fueled.

There's no upside, it's only downsides as far as I can tell.

> There's no upside, it's only downsides as far as I can tell.

It's outside of any jurisdiction, this is a dream come true for a libertarian oligarch.

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1. mschuster91 ◴[27 Jun 25 06:06 UTC] No.44394077[source]▶

It's not, all objects in space fall under the jurisdiction of the country that launched the rocket.

Starcloud can’t put a data centre in space at $8.2M in one Starship