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I did a very rough calculation of how much energy it might take to launch a datacentre to low earth orbit, vs the power draw of such a datacentre.

For a ~1 tonne GPU LLM rack satellite consuming ~100kW the energy of the fuel (i.e. not including oxidiser, launcher and ground energy costs) needed to launch this into space alone is comparable to that required to run the datacentre for 3-10+ years even on a future Starship.

So my assumption is that this isn't a good idea.
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Doug Binks · 28w
In other words, the GPU LLMs will likely be obsolete before the solar panels start generating more energy than it took to launch them. So you might as well power the same datacentre with the fuel you were going to use to launch it.