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Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
(techcrunch.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 May 2026
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Does it address water use? I'm aware spacecraft have thermal management systems. But also with the chief complaint of data centers being water use, are these thermal management systems able to dissipate the same energy? You don't need that much water for earth based data centers without an underlying massive amount of heat to get rid of. I'd wager that heat is much higher than what spacecraft typically have to get rid of. It's the actual quantity that I'm questioning.