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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by _heimdall on Thursday May 21, 2026 @06:35AM (#48220430)
The physics of data centers in space will be extremely difficult and expensive to pull off in any meaningful timeline.

I fully expect "space AI" to be about as realistic as the flying cars and hover boards we've been promised since televisions were black and white.

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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by bvcp on Friday May 22, 2026 @04:47AM (#48233483)
its only a expensive to viable alternatives, is there a viable alternative for 1 terrawatt of compute on earth? how could you get approvals for such a project
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Re:Anthropic is expanding to Colossus2. Will use GB200 by _heimdall on Friday May 22, 2026 @06:47AM (#48234139)
The alternative would be just not building it.

I'm not sold that a data center in space is even possible unless and until we develop a drastically different solution for heat management.

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