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Alan Boyle
@alanboyle@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

#OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is thinking about expanding into the final frontier for data centers, and according to The Wall Street Journal, he considered investing in a Seattle-area startup called #StokeSpace to gain a foothold (and challenge #SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in the process). https://www.geekwire.com/2025/openai-ceo-stoke-space-data-center/ #Space

Stoke Space engine hot-fire test
Stoke Space engine hot-fire test
Stoke Space engine hot-fire test
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Alexander Rutz
@animaux@oslo.town replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

@alanboyle If any of the venture capitalists would understand only a wee bit of the technical issues involved, noone would be giving even a penny for this —> Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. - https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/

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Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.

There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.
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