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>>g-mork+(OP)
Either this is a straight up con, or Musk found a glitch in physics. It's extremely difficult to keep things cold in space.

>>alangi+u6
Existing satellites manage to keep their equipment that already can consume several kW cool just fine.

You might need space for radiators, but there is plenty space in space.

>>pantal+b8
I'm not big on this subject, but I understand that heat transfer is difficult in space, because there's little to transfer to. If the solution is just making large radiators, then that means you're sending some big payloads full of radiators. Not to mention all the solar panels needed. I wanna live in sci-fi land too, but I don't see how it makes any sense compared to a terrestrial data center.

>>TheGRS+Cb
the radiators would be lighter compared to the solar panels, and slightly smaller surface area so you can line them back to back

>>eldenr+jc
If someone has a design out there where this works and you can launch it economically on a rocket today, I wanna see that. And then I wanna compare it to the cost of setting up some data centers on earth (which BTW, you can service in real time, it sounds like these will be one-and-done launches).