Nemeski@mander.xyz to Google@lemdro.idEnglish · 18 hours agoSundar Pichai says Google will start building data centers in space, powered by the sun, in 2027www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11 cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
arrow-up136arrow-down1external-linkSundar Pichai says Google will start building data centers in space, powered by the sun, in 2027www.businessinsider.comNemeski@mander.xyz to Google@lemdro.idEnglish · 18 hours agomessage-square17fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-210 hours ago out of sunlight orbital temps are -100C. Empty space really doesn’t have a temperature. Since there is no medium you can’t transfer heat by convection or conduction, so you definitely would need a specialised cooling system that can dispose of all the heat via radiation alone.
Empty space really doesn’t have a temperature. Since there is no medium you can’t transfer heat by convection or conduction, so you definitely would need a specialised cooling system that can dispose of all the heat via radiation alone.