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
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> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 9:13 PM Tom Evslin via Starlink <
> starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
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> > 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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