@LunarLander88@jakubvlasek@peterrhague@Starlink@elonmusk It's just more energy intensive to remove heat in a vacuum.. i.e. not one of the potential efficiencies of putting compute in orbit. Which is my point here. Elon can't change physics.
@LunarLander88@OysteinRunde@jakubvlasek@peterrhague@Starlink Extreme cold in shadow and Extreme hot in direct sun. Computers on earth are submerged in fluid (air) that convectively removes heat.
If there are cost benefits to putting DCs in orbit, cooling ain't one of them.
@LunarLander88@jakubvlasek@peterrhague@Starlink No. Cooling in a vacuum is more costly than in atmosphere. ISS uses massive radiative heat exchangers.. Radiative vs convective heat dissipation.