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 On Behalf Of > Michael Richardson via Starlink > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 7:35 PM > To: starlink ; 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. > > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > > _______________________________________________ > Starlink mailing list > Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink > -- Please send any postal/overnight deliveries to: Vint Cerf Google, LLC 1900 Reston Metro Plaza, 16th Floor Reston, VA 20190 +1 (571) 213 1346 until further notice