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An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit (arstechnica.com)
submitted 10 hours ago by Apparatus@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 hour ago

Me too. I'll even make them full AI.

Please send me $2 billion by Tuesday. My salary as yetAnotherUser CEO & CTO is a modest 20 million/year. Results are expected to appear by 2030.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 5 hours ago

In before someone wants to reboot a server and the hypervisor is unresponsive.

[–] oftenawake@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 hours ago

Welp, that's a fuckin stupid idea. Next!

[–] Damage@feddit.it 3 points 5 hours ago

Yeah me too! Give me money.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Free advice: The economics don't work out.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 5 points 6 hours ago

We just need to invent space construction, cheap fusion power, autonomous robotics, improve AI and set up astroid mining first, then it'll be a snap.

[–] dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Getting rid of the heat is going to be an issue for that... along with the massive pollution from the many launches required to get this in orbit.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago

The heat will just dissipate in the air, and they can launch it at night when it's colder. Science!

/s in case, there are a few mouth breathers out today

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 15 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Data centers in the ocean didn't work out. This doesn't seem smarter

[–] Twongo@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine getting sent up because a pos rj45 cable got hit by a micrometeorite

[–] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Because they swore the server was powered on...

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Back when the capacitor plague hit I had to manage locating & replacing over 500 motherboards in the datacenter of my then-employer. Imagine if a hardware glitch like that happened in one of these.

[–] SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

I think you have the start of a good plotline for a sf comedy.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Isn’t this how Skynet started?

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 3 points 8 hours ago

No, it started when a scriptwriter came up with an idea for a movie that would sell a lot of tickets.

[–] b_tr3e@feddit.org 1 points 8 hours ago

Now Elon can have his own death star!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Do you want furries in space??

Bcs that is how you get furries in space.

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

FUCK OFF Thank you

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io -1 points 8 hours ago

> People complain about the environmental footprint of data centers.

> Companies attempt to move the data centers outside the environment.

> People complain even harder.

What do you want?