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Why There Aren't (Yet) Data Centers in Space

on YouTube 48m
TalkinRussianat Saint HighLoad++ 2025 · 2025-06-23..06-24· [networking, embedded-and-hardware]

speaker

name:Aleksandr Tokarev
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/xpqBVLDUd2o
slides:none on file

summary

The talk examines why full-scale data centers are not deployed in space, focusing on latency and bandwidth limits of current space communication channels. It argues that relying on ground-based processing is becoming inadequate because users need minute-level freshness, but physics and intermittent, low-capacity links make transferring large datasets to Earth for processing impractical.

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chapters (7)

  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 2:59Space datacenter challenges
  3. 10:53Power and cooling in space
  4. 20:11Laser links and relays
  5. 28:01Space computing examples
  6. 33:43Prospects and risks of space DCs
  7. 46:20Q&A

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