Comment by 0cf8612b2e1e
5 hours ago
He is free to launch his own space GPU if he is so confident it is profitable*.
I will take it as a given that the Google engineers know what they are doing, and their first version can only run for 15 minutes before it needs to shut down to cool.
*Profitability requiring that other Musk controlled companies do not pay for the service at elevated rates in a classic self dealing scheme.
> He is free to launch his own space GPU if he is so confident it is profitable*.
Are you not aware that's exactly what SpaceX is doing?? https://www.spacex.com/spacexai/starmind Sure, it's now SpaceXAI or whatever, but how is that any different than Google sending up sats and selling the compute via Gemini?
We can wait for their profitability numbers, assuming it happens.
Regardless, those claim to have a maximum draw of 250kw. That’s one to two terrestrial data rack. Cute.