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Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue (tech.yahoo.com)
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[–] 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Meanwhile China already has data centers in the ocean. Almost anything they do you can bet it's a good idea [economically] because they're not at the point to where they can waste billions and still come out on top like the US has done for decades.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Microsoft experimented with oceanic data centers too, and I don't believe they actually abandoned that project either. It's just Musk and his ilk are very loud and outsized loudness has a tendency to dominate public discourse.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Data centers on floating barges (or submerged just below the surface) makes so much more sense.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    You're still just heating the water.

    https://slrpnk.net/post/39802801

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