Google Will Start Building Data Centers in Space, Powered by the Sun, in 2027

That would be really dumb

This seems like pure pr given the physical constraints. Throw a TPU into space in 2027, 'learn things' for 3 years, by 2030 launch the equivalent of a single rack server run at something less than full capacity. They can do this for 10-20 years at a massive environmental net negative before the auditing catches up with them.

We've seen this same cycle before from Google and Microsoft. Google built shipping-container-like-boxes and microsoft put their boxes in the ocean. The early PR is always "this is great" and after a few years they quietly shut everything down because it's impractical, and maybe mention it quietly in a presentation.

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Doesn't every energy source not nuclear and geothermal ultimately trace it's source back to the sun?

Nuclear is special because it's technically star power.