Comment on Data center drains 30M gals of water — until residents complained of pressureparentComments−akomtu4moHow do you dissipate so much heat in vacuum? Datacenters will need to boil something like water and then dump it somewhere.−burnt-resistor4moJust like satellites do: heat pipes and radiators.Not that space DCs are a good idea™ or economical otherwise.−jmye4moDo you think data centers and the average satellite generate an equivalent amount of heat?−akomtu4moSats are optimized for low energy usage. DCs, on the other hand, are water boilers.−janderson2154moEconomics are not the main concern if nobody wants them on Earth.
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How do you dissipate so much heat in vacuum? Datacenters will need to boil something like water and then dump it somewhere.
Just like satellites do: heat pipes and radiators.
Not that space DCs are a good idea™ or economical otherwise.
Do you think data centers and the average satellite generate an equivalent amount of heat?
Sats are optimized for low energy usage. DCs, on the other hand, are water boilers.
Economics are not the main concern if nobody wants them on Earth.