AWS just dropped this blog post describing the glories of AI data centers in space.
Most companies hyping this ignore the cooling problem: in space, you only have radiative cooling to rely on. Even though the temperature outside is absolute zero, radiative cooling is so inefficient that getting rid of heat is a major engineering requirement for every spacecraft.
But AWS is doubling down. They describe "natural cooling through radiators that dissipate heat into an environment hovering around minus 270 degrees" as a BENEFIT of space-based Ai datacenters.
Obviously, AWS engineers are smarter than this. And AWS is a solid business with a future, AI or no AI.
So why does AWS, a credible company with an established reputation, feel the need to echo the hype? Is there anyone left who doesn't know this is greenwashing?
AWS just dropped this blog post describing the glories of AI data centers in space.
Most companies hyping this ignore the cooling problem: in space, you only have radiative cooling to rely on. Even though the temperature outside is absolute zero, radiative cooling is so inefficient that getting rid of heat is a major engineering requirement for every spacecraft.
But AWS is doubling down. They describe "natural cooling through radiators that dissipate heat into an environment hovering around minus 270 degrees" as a BENEFIT of space-based Ai datacenters.
Obviously, AWS engineers are smarter than this. And AWS is a solid business with a future, AI or no AI.
So why does AWS, a credible company with an established reputation, feel the need to echo the hype? Is there anyone left who doesn't know this is greenwashing?
[Reposted due to bad link in my original post]
Correct link:
https://pages.awscloud.com/aws-reaction-ai-space-orbit.html
I don't know how this gets messed up every time I try to share it here.