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		AtlasBarfed 56 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Datacenters in space aren't going to work I mean why not just have a whole bunch of floating buoys doing computation on the ocean? They can probably get energy both from solar and from the tidal wave energy. Cooling certainly won't be an issue. Communication might be a bit rough.

xhkkffbf 56 days ago [–]

I think the interest in outer space comes from the lack of an atmosphere to absorb the sunlight/power.

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