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Google Gearing Up to Launch Experimental "Data Center" Into Space Next Week (futurism.com)
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[โ€“] holy_scroller@lemmy.zip 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Ignoring the hundred reasons this is dumb, I would just love to know the launch cost per expected compute.

Best quote from article is at the very end:

For now, the company is limited to just 15 minutes of operation in space before the chips have to be shut off to cool back down.

[โ€“] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

That will likely end up being 15 minutes total.