[Starlink] Re: How Starcloud Is Bringing Data Centers to Outer Space | NVIDIA Blog

[J Pan <Pan@uvic.ca>]

yes, that's why "might" ;-) and according to starcloud's
visualization, their solar panel (and heat dissipation on the other
side) is huge. whether it is feasible or sustainable, another story
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J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, Web.UVic.CA/~pan

On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM Gert Doering <gert@space.net> wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 08:09:48AM -0800, J Pan via Starlink wrote:
> > not physical space, but energy harvesting and heat dissipating might
> > be more favorable in space. space itself can generate enough data to
> > be cranked there, instead of beaming down
>
> Physics suggest "heat dissipation is extremely hard in vacuum".
>
> Energy harvesting on the scales that these AI DCs need is also not
> exactly trivial - under ideal conditions a square m will see something
> like 1.3kW of influx energy.  So for people talking about "gigawatts"
> of DC power, you'd need a square kilometer of solar collector, with
> good efficiency...
>
> Gert Doering
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