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Google’s Project Suncatcher to put ML infrastructure in space

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fwlr · 1790297624 · focus · HN ↗
Yes, the physics are worse, and yes, the economics are worse, but data centers in space have the crucial advantage that they are out of range of the molotov-throwing arm of Joe Public (recently unemployed).
1. hdgvhicv · 1790315619 · focus · HN ↗
  Starlink downlink stations aren’t
  <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/poland-suspects-fire-starlink-station-was-act-sabotage-2026-09-24/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reuters.com/world/poland-suspects-fire-starlink-...
  1. rob74 · 1790318582 · focus · HN ↗
    That was probably more Igor Sleeperagentovich than Joe Public, but yeah...
    cherryteastain · 1790321856 · focus · HN ↗
    It's much easier for Russia to destroy data centers in orbit.
    rob74 · 1790324922 · focus · HN ↗
    Easier maybe, but if they want to keep up some degree of plausible deniability over who did it, it becomes harder.

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