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Recently @EricSchmidt (former Google CEO) told congress that data centers will go from 3% now to 99% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 😲 The only way to meet that demand is data centers powered by solar in space 🚀

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Russell Long1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google That’s an insane amount of power and will accelerate global warming past all tipping points. Ideally we would have legislation forcing new data centers into space. Otherwise they will cannibalize our renewables, non-renewables, and our atmosphere, basically everything.

Kim Noël ⚡ 📖1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google I wish i could invest in your company. You are clearly building the POC of a Dyson sphere. This is the only way towards full type I civilisation.

Philip Johnston1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google Type 1 or 2!

CompareMarketplaces.com1 year ago

At $0.27/W, the #lowest priced solar panel in Amazon US is FutureSolar as per comparemarketplaces . com #amazon #solar #panel #ad

David Palmer1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google Nobody believes that. It would imply data centers would be 100x all other electricity consumption, which means 100x increase in world energy production.

Philip Johnston1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google I think that’s exactly what he’s saying. I believe it

Jay@Proception1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google @starcloud_inc1 is solving this huge problem! What a vision

Philip Johnston1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google @starcloud_inc1 Thanks Jay!

Achim Vollhardt1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google It will be interesting to see how venture capital will be grounded by.... physics.

Maksym Mamontov1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google The other problem with data centers is that they generate a lot of heat. How is he going to dissipate that heat in space?

Philip Johnston1 year ago

@ericschmidt @Google We’re working on this @starcloud_inc1

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