Jeff Bezos Claims There Will Be Gigawatt Data Centers in Space in 10 Years
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Jeff Bezos predicts gigawatt data centers in space within a decade, sparking skepticism among readers about the feasibility and implications of such a claim.
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dekhn
3 months ago
It seems improbable from an economic perspective, given the challenges associated with launching the hardware, maintaining and operating the hardware, heat dissipation, and the lack of use cases for which space data centers are uniquely poised to solve.
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