Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoJeff Bezos envisions space-based data centers in 10 to 20 years — could allow for natural cooling and more effective solar powerwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down19
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkJeff Bezos envisions space-based data centers in 10 to 20 years — could allow for natural cooling and more effective solar powerwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square25linkfedilink
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoLow earth orbit is still inside the magnetic field, and keeps things within decent latency range. Deep space data centers would be in a bigger radiation environment and also huge latency problems.
minus-squaremelfielinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYeah, true, maybe not as big of a problem in that case.
Low earth orbit is still inside the magnetic field, and keeps things within decent latency range.
Deep space data centers would be in a bigger radiation environment and also huge latency problems.
Yeah, true, maybe not as big of a problem in that case.