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		gotmedium on Feb 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starlink's laser system is beaming 42 petabytes of... When will we see data centers in space?

ryankrage77 on Feb 2, 2024 [–]

I think the biggest hurdle would be heat dissipation. Solar power is plentiful, but all that energy then has to be radiated away somehow.

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