Space datacenter heat is just engineering; cosmic rays are the real challenge
shashib · x · 2026-11-02
A forwarded discussion argues that power and heat for (space) datacenters are solvable engineering problems given the right data. The more interesting question is dealing with solar winds and cosmic rays: radiation demands higher error correction and planning for material degradation.
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