Aakash GuptaLead source
Google put an AI computer in outer space, and it has to shut itself off about every 15 minutes because it's overheating. Outer space is around minus 455 degrees Fahrenheit, so that sounds backwards, but the emptiness that makes space so cold is the same thing cooking the chips. Think about how your laptop stays cool. A little fan blows air over the chip and the air carries the heat away. Big data centers do the same thing on a massive scale, with water pipes running out to cooling towers. All of it works because there's air and water around to soak up the heat. Up in orbit there's basically nothing. A vacuum is one of the best insulators there is, which is the whole reason your thermos keeps coffee hot all day. So the only way a satellite can get rid of heat is to glow it off. Anything…Read original on X