[Starlink] lumen orbit

[Sebastian Moeller]

Mmmh, the white paper states only this sketch:


Orbital data centers can leverage lower cooling costs using passive radiative cooling in space to directly achieve low coolant temperatures. Perhaps most importantly, they can be scaled almost indefinitely without the physical or permitting constraints faced on Earth, using modularity to deploy them rapidly. All of this will have a net benefit on the environment - a recent study by the European Commission concluded that orbital data centers will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from grid electricity and eliminate fresh water usage for cooling.3


No shit, Sherlock for the last sentence... I wonder what kind of stawman design they envision for fresh water cooling in space ;) 




> On 4. Sep 2024, at 16:48, Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> 
> They plan to build a 5GW 4k solar square for data centers in orbit, launched on starship:
> 
> https://www.lumenorbit.com/
> 
> How are they going to cool this thing?
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