Comment by cedws
1 month ago
I'm beginning to wonder if this is actually the motivation, because why the fuck else would you launch computers all the way into space?
1 month ago
I'm beginning to wonder if this is actually the motivation, because why the fuck else would you launch computers all the way into space?
Access to unlimited almost free energy is the main point. Other than that you don't need to deal with local politics. Other than that it can actually be a faster round trip (if the satellite combines both connectivity to/from Earth and compute) if you don't have a local datacenter.