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1. Havoc+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-10-22 12:10:09
>Starcloud’s space-based data centers can use the vacuum of deep space as an infinite heat sink.

The famously heat conductive vacuum...

Someone fedex a vacuum flask full of hot coffee to nvidia HQ with an explanatory note.

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2. nine_k+v6[view] [source] 2025-10-22 12:46:07
>>Havoc+(OP)
More seriously, space is pretty cold, and will consume large amounts of radiated heat. The problem, of course, it that the amount you can radiate thermally at, say, 150°C is pretty limited. According to the Stephan-Bolzmann equation, it's about 1800W for a perfect black body. For 5GW, that would take a square radiator 1.7km wide, always concealed from sunlight. Realistically, much larger as the temperature would drop as the coolant flows along.
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