Is It Really Impossible To Cool A Datacenter In Space?
Mar 18, 2026•Channel
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Published3 months ago
Duration24:30
Video IDFlQYU3m1e80
Languageen
CategoryScience & Technology
PrivacyPublic
Made for KidsNo
Video TypeRegular Video
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Views452K
Likes16.3K
Comments3.1K
Engagement Rate4.28%
Likes per 100 views3.60
Comments per 1K views6.87
Description
Let's actually explain how thermal balance of spacecraft works, and how we'd need to configure a spacecraft to eliminated the heat that's produced by computer equipment crunching numbers in a space data center.
This is all very rough, and I overestimated the size of the starlink V3, but it's still in the ballpark. Real designers of course can't just use 'in the ballpark'.
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