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>>pseudo+(OP)
> Some parts of the moon are permanently shadowed and therefore extremely cold, as low as -173 °C. This means that no energy or water would need to be expended to cool the data center.

That doesn't sound right to me. If there's no air, then only black body radiation can be used to cool the data center. That means a massive radiator, a lot larger than a heat-to-air radiator+fan used on earth.

>>M95D+E6
Conduction through the ground? Or run coolant through buried pipes. Just a pump; no significant energy to cool, just move the coolant.

>>JoeAlt+97
Why not do the same on Earth?

For all the heroics needed to establish this ok the moon, the efforts and costs are much less back home.

>>xattt+Xe
Right; its a one-and-quarter-second to the moon. High data center latency.