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>>wiley1+(OP)
I’m still not sure how people can believe this, this makes zero sense to me.

There is no easy passive cooling in space, getting rid of heat is a major problem. And you need more redundancy because the radiation will crash your computers. And launch is very expensive of course.

And the whole presentation is completely ludicrous. Look at table 1 in the linked PDF and tell me you’re serious. There is no additional cost when sending a datacenter to space except launch cost and shielding? Building a server farm on earth is the same price as building a satellite you can launch on a rocket as long as you use the same computers?

>>echoan+uk
I agree, this is makes no sense at all.

Can I take the other side of this investment? Like an angel funding round, but selling short?

>>slashd+gl
I think the other side of this is just buying Amazon stock based on the daring prediction that big grey buildings full of servers aren't going anywhere.

>>jshear+6p
That still leaves you with the risk that Amazon is replaced by other earth-based data center operators.

>>echoan+Mr
Maybe you could buy small lots of a bunch of different data center companies to hedge your risk!