Here is an interesting article about DC in space to mitigate power
consumption.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/english.elpais.com/science-tech/2022-12-28/data-centers-move-into-space-to-mitigate-power-consumption-and-pollution.html%3foutputType=amp

Hesham

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 8:06 PM Toerless Eckert <tte@cs.fau.de> wrote:

> I am looking forward to "Space Cowboys 2 - Data Center Edition"
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 09:16:38PM -0400, Vint Cerf wrote:
> > O&M will be a bear
> > v
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 9:13 PM Tom Evslin via Starlink <
> > starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> >
> > > I think space-based data centers will be the rule rather than the
> > > exception. Wrote about that a couple of years ago although, as usual,
> > > things have not happened as quickly as I predicted
> > >
> https://blog.tomevslin.com/2021/07/computing-clouds-in-orbit-a-possible-roadmap.html
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Starlink <starlink-bounces@lists.bufferbloat.net> On Behalf Of
> > > Michael Richardson via Starlink
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 7:35 PM
> > > To: starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>; e-impact@ietf.org
> > > Subject: [Starlink] DataCenters in Space (was Re: fiber IXPs in space)
> > >
> > >
> > > I saw this reported in BIS-Spaceflight.
> > > (I'm usually a few months behind in reading it) I like the "first
> > > objective"!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/space/press-release/ascend-thales-alenia-space-lead-european-feasibility-study-data
> > >
> > > Cannes, November 14, 2022 – Thales Alenia Space, the joint company
> between
> > > Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has been chosen by the European
> Commission
> > > to lead the ASCEND (Advanced Space Cloud for European Net zero
> emission and
> > > Data sovereignty) feasibility study for data centers in orbit, as part
> of
> > > Europe’s vast Horizon Europe research program.
> > >
> > > Digital technology’s expanding environmental footprint is becoming a
> major
> > > challenge: the burgeoning need for digitalization means that data
> centers
> > > in Europe and around the world are growing at an exponential pace,
> which in
> > > turn has a critical energy and environmental impact.
> > >
> > > The first objective of this study will be to assess if the carbon
> > > emissions from the production and launch of these space infrastructures
> > > will be significantly lower than the emissions generated by
> ground-based
> > > data centers, therefore contributing to the achievement of global
> carbon
> > > neutrality. The second objective will be to prove that it is possible
> to
> > > develop the required launch solution and to ensure the deployment and
> > > operability of these spaceborne data centers using robotic assistance
> > > technologies currently being developed in Europe, such as the EROSS IOD
> > > demonstrator.
> > >
> > > This project is expected to demonstrate to which extent space-based
> data
> > > centers would limit the energy and environmental impact of their ground
> > > counterparts, thus allowing major investments within the scope of
> Europe’s
> > > Green Deal, possibly justifying the development of a more
> climate-friendly,
> > > reusable heavy launch vehicle. Europe could thus regain its leadership
> in
> > > space transport and space logistics, as well as the assembly and
> operations
> > > of large infrastructures in orbit.
> > >
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