[boutell]

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]