Re: [Starlink] lumen orbit

[Dave Cohen <craetdave@gmail.com>]

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She's going to need a whole lot of glycol

On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 11:01 AM Sebastian Moeller via Starlink <
starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> Mmmh, the white paper states only this sketch:
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> 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 ;)
>
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> > On 4. Sep 2024, at 16:48, Dave Taht via Starlink <
> starlink@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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