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In a blog post, Musk said the acquisition was warranted because global electricity demand for AI cannot be met with “terrestrial solutions,” and Silicon Valley will soon need to build data centers in space to power its AI ambitions.

This dumb fuck. Unfortunately, his boosters will be all-in on this messaging. Whatever.

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[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Arrest this pedo

[–] PointyFluff@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 days ago

Fucking, Wired.
Suck daddy harder, Wired.

I guess this is insurance for when the bubble pops. It helps justify the "too big to fail"

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

Uh oh, vibe-engineered rockets.

[–] Herr_S_aus_H@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

How little of an understanding of how the natural world works do you need to have to think that data centers in space are a good idea? Nothing to say of economics and logistics. Or am I missing something big here?

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[–] Rothe@piefed.social 4 points 6 days ago (12 children)

Data centers in space sounds like one hell of an expensive investment for something that has not once shown any profitability yet, and are in fact most likely about to burst its bubble in the near future.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Strapping a lead albatross to your space program is certainly a choice

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