20251201 - AI data centres, IN SPACE! Why DCs in space can't work

Science fiction is fiction https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/01/ai-data-centres-in-space-why-dcs-in-space-cant-work/ - text Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/davidgerard Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/A1529D5 Buy me nice things: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3Q8VZW46J6DM6 Get an extremely cool Pivot to AI shirt or mug: https://pivot-to-ai.redbubble.com Send in your story tips: [email protected] Sources: Data centres in space? Jeff Bezos says it's possible https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/data-centres-space-jeff-bezos-thinks-its-possible-2025-10-03/ Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design https://research.google/blog/exploring-a-space-based-scalable-ai-infrastructure-system-design/ Starcloud-1 satellite reaches space, with Nvidia H100 GPU now operating in orbit https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/starcloud-1-satellite-reaches-space-with-nvidia-h100-gpu-now-operating-in-orbit/ Data centers gobble Earth's resources. What if we took them to space instead? https://grist.org/climate-energy/data-centers-gobble-earths-resources-what-if-we-took-them-to-space-instead/ Why we should train AI in space (PDF) https://starcloudinc.github.io/wp.pdf Starcloud-2 https://www.starcloud.com/starcloud-2 Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/ Microsoft finds underwater datacenters are reliable, practical and use energy sustainably https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/project-natick-underwater-datacenter/ Microsoft scrapped its 'Project Natick' underwater data center trial — here's why it was never going to work https://www.itpro.com/infrastructure/data-centres/microsoft-scrapped-its-project-natick-underwater-data-center-trial-heres-why-it-was-never-going-to-work Previously on Pivot to AI: Data Center Watch worries that anti-AI activism is working https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/17/data-center-watch-worries-that-anti-ai-activism-is-working/ video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPbTXEOJEVM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA Full Pivot to AI playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA