Space data centers face heat, radiation, debris and latency hurdles
deferare · reddit · 2026-08-28
A user discussed space data centers with Gemini, which listed a stack of open problems: heat dissipation in vacuum, radiation bricking chipsets, maintenance of dead chips, space debris collisions, limited room in LEO, and communication latency.
The author's takeaway: after this, putting data centers in Antarctica honestly seems like heaven by comparison.
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