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>>meetpa+(OP)
The ultimate "out of sight out of mind" solution to a problem?

I'm surprised that Google has drunken the "Datacenters IN SPACE!!!1!!" kool-aid. Honestly I expected more.

It's so easy to poke a hole in these systems that it's comical. Answer just one question: How/why is this better than an enormous solar-powered datacenter in someplace like the middle of the Mojave Desert?

>>smlacy+Yl
From the post they claim 8 times more solar energy and no need for batteries because they are continuously in the sun. Presumably at some scale and some cost/kg to orbit this starts to pencil out?

>>alooPo+tm
No infrastructure, no need for security, no premises, no water.

I think it's a good idea, actually.

>>morale+ep
> No infrastructure

A giant space station?

> no need for security

There will be if launch costs get low enough to make any of this feasible.

> no premises

Again… the space station?

> no water

That makes things harder, not easier.

>>ceejay+Xr
This is not a giant space station ...

>There will be if launch costs get low enough to make any of this feasible.

I don't know what you mean by that.

>>morale+Fv
> This is not a giant space station …

Fundamentally, it is, just in the form of a swarm. With added challenges!

> I don't know what you mean by that.

If you can get to space cheaply enough for an orbital AI datacenter to make financial sense, so can your security threats.