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Re:Data centers in space makes no sense by Certhas on Friday February 06, 2026 @09:06AM (#46912969)
But the GPUs on the ground will be a lot cheaper to manufacture as they don't have to deal with space conditions.

It seems a real stretch to me to assume that costs for putting GPUs into space can ever come within a factor of 2-3 of putting them on the ground, even neglecting launch costs.

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Re:Data centers in space makes no sense by shagie on Friday February 06, 2026 @11:18AM (#46914733)
(expanding on this) A little bit old... but not that old in the scale of things...

The CPUs of Spacecraft Computers in Space https://www.cpushack.com/space-craft-cpu.html (that is still 2012) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25470678 (this discussion is from 2020)

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