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bucolic_frolic

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3. Heat doesn't dissipate in space, you need LARGE aluminum fins

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:55 PM

Jun 21

And the data can't roll around fast enough to make it work, even if it's chopped up into 30 times more data centers.

This will never happen. It's a pipe dream worthy of an opium den.

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SpaceX's plan: Put all the data centers in space, then profit [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 21 OP

SpaceX, the biggest welfare queen ever dalton99a Jun 21 #1

"data centers in space" are the words of an absolutely shameless liar aimed at RockRaven Jun 21 #2

Vacuums insulate. haele Jun 21 #4

Precisely - what's the plan? Launch cargo rockets full of icewater, or liquid nitrogen, or other coolants? hatrack Jun 21 #16

Heat doesn't dissipate in space, you need LARGE aluminum fins bucolic_frolic Jun 21 #3

At their heart, one major benefit of data centers lies in their proximity to the end users AZJonnie Jun 21 #5

Yep. Imagine having to feed 1M people daily on a desert like Justice matters. Jun 21 #17

Why do I hear this as "Steal the underpants, then profit"?? Maeve Jun 21 #6

I think space is the perfect place for it Matthew28 Jun 21 #7

Musk has mentioned a million data centers in orbit. LastDemocratInSC Jun 21 #10

Read the up post edhopper Jun 21 #11

Well, it does, but only by radiation muriel_volestrangler Jun 21 #14

All true edhopper Jun 21 #15

Well... -misanthroptimist Jun 21 #8

Equal and opposite reaction questionseverything Jun 21 #9

To remember edhopper Jun 21 #12

Even a serious attempt to do it would destroy SpaceX financially: highplainsdem Jun 21 #13