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minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoLow earth orbit is still inside the magnetic field, and keeps things within decent latency range. Deep space data centers would be in a bigger radiation environment and also huge latency problems.
minus-squaremelfie@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 days agoYeah, true, maybe not as big of a problem in that case.
Low earth orbit is still inside the magnetic field, and keeps things within decent latency range.
Deep space data centers would be in a bigger radiation environment and also huge latency problems.
Yeah, true, maybe not as big of a problem in that case.