Decided to run my ebikes on solar

[scrambler]

It will help once data centers are moved out into space

Data centers currently consume approximately
4.4% to 4.5% of total U.S. electricity as of early 2026, driven largely by the rise of artificial intelligence. This usage is rapidly increasing from roughly 1.9% in 2018, with projections estimating that data centers could account for 6.7% to 12% of total U.S. power demand by 2028

Yeah but there are a lot of hurdles to overcome, heat dissipation being a huge one.... and of course maintenance....

 

[usclassic]

Yeah but there are a lot of hurdles to overcome, heat dissipation being a huge one.... and of course maintenance....

Maintenance yes but chips are reliable after the burn in period which they will do on earth but space is cold and cooling is free there. No water needed.

 

[usclassic]

SpaceX will get them there pretty soon.

 

[Chargeride]

Starlink sats burn up constantly, they just keep sending up more, they only last five years, two of them deorbit every day

 

[stompandgo]

It will help once data centers are moved out into space

Data centers currently consume approximately
4.4% to 4.5% of total U.S. electricity as of early 2026, driven largely by the rise of artificial intelligence. This usage is rapidly increasing from roughly 1.9% in 2018, with projections estimating that data centers could account for 6.7% to 12% of total U.S. power demand by 2028

They need to either be responsible for generating their own electricity, with surplus going to the grid, or off the grid entirely. This situation is already out of control, and it just started, with no end in sight.

 

[scrambler]

but space is cold and cooling is free there. No water needed.

Unfortunately NOT, space is a perfect vaccum so getting rid of heat is VERY HARD (no convection, no conduction nothing to take the heat), it acts as a thermos on satellites....

 

[scrambler]

They need to either be responsible for generating their own electricity, with surplus going to the grid, or off the grid entirely. This situation is already out of control, and it just started, with no end in sight.

Data centers and crypto are becoming the two biggest threats to our never ending ever increasing energy consumption