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1. yardie+w6[view] [source] 2025-11-29 14:56:21
>>mindra+(OP)
I asked Google for more information about AI datacenter in space. This was the first sentence, 'AI data centers are being developed in space to handle the massive energy demands of AI, using solar power and the vacuum of space for cooling.'

> After laughing at "the vacuum of space for cooling" I closed the page because there was nothing serious there. Basic high school physics student would be laughing at that sentence.

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2. Reptil+M6[view] [source] 2025-11-29 15:00:24
>>yardie+w6
You can radiate the excess energy away on the non-sun facing part. In theory.
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3. fhars+c7[view] [source] 2025-11-29 15:03:50
>>Reptil+M6
There are even commercially available prototypes of that vacuum cooling technology, if you want to perform your own experiments with that concept: https://www.amazon.com/Thermos-Stainless-Ounce-Drink-Bottle/...
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4. ahartm+Xm1[view] [source] 2025-11-30 02:07:25
>>fhars+c7
To be fair, they have mirror surfaces inside. A more realistic prototype would be ultra-black for something like 10-50x better radiative heat transfer. Of course it would still be more like shitty insulation than like good conduction.
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