[beefield]

unless... the compute happens also in space? Given how dirt cheap solar has become, how cheap shipping stuff to space is becoming and how little there are clouds and nights in the space making solar power production intermittent, it sounds like it might be economically feasible in not so distant future. (no, I haven't done any math on this. If it checks out, feel free to steal the idea)

[exe34]

Ugh solar wind and cosmic rays. You'd need to use very inefficient CPUs with enormous features instead of the latest small node.

[octopoc]

Your comment got me wondering if it's possible to stay in earth's shadow continuously without constant fuel expenditure, but apparently that's not possible: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/55271/are-any-eart...

[actionfromafar]

On the other hand, there's a lot of space... in space.

[rockemsockem]

Also true!!

[rockemsockem]

Heat dissipation in space is hard.

[ben_w]

And the Earth is in space, so if we get to the power consumption level where Earth governments need to care about the direct planetary heating effect of the energy source, it's still a win to do the hard thing (dissipation) somewhere else, like the Moon or something.