lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ieexternal-linkmessage-square270linkfedilinkarrow-up1648arrow-down115
arrow-up1633arrow-down1external-linkDatacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.taranis.ielemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square270linkfedilink
minus-squarefallaciousBasis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 hours agoYou really don’t seem particularly bright. So I did the math, just to double check. A 1 gigawatt datacenter radiating at 100C would need a square kilometer in radiator surface area to sufficiently reject/emit the heat. But then you need energy. With solar panels you’d need 2-3 sq km to sustain 1 GW. So… The math checks out. I don’t understand your arguments from ignorance.
You really don’t seem particularly bright. So I did the math, just to double check.
A 1 gigawatt datacenter radiating at 100C would need a square kilometer in radiator surface area to sufficiently reject/emit the heat.
But then you need energy. With solar panels you’d need 2-3 sq km to sustain 1 GW.
So… The math checks out. I don’t understand your arguments from ignorance.