Data centers in space makes no sense(civai.org)

1035 points by ajyoon 8 months ago | 1222 comments

A CivAI blog post by Andrew Yoon arguing that proposals by SpaceX/xAI, Google and startups to put AI data centers in orbit make no sense.

Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23B(fortune.com)

171 points by measurablefunc 3 months ago | 104 comments

Datacenters in space aren't going to work(taranis.ie)

434 points by mindracer 11 months ago | 367 comments

Blog post arguing that AI companies' plans to build datacenters in space with satellite launch partners are impractical and won't work.

Why is Ashburn the data center capital of the world?(datacenters.com)

22 points by akshatjiwan 1 year ago | 26 comments

WaPo Loves Data Centers More Than Disclosing Bezos's Financial Interest in Them(washingtonian.com)

10 points by donohoe 4 months ago | 0 comments

Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait(a16z.com)

26 points by gmays 15 days ago | 33 comments

An a16z American Dynamism article explaining why Texas's grid operator paused new data center interconnections amid a surge of large-load requests.