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> active fluid exchangers operating at speed spanning kilometers of real estate, to get dissipation/area anywhere back near linear/area again

Could the compute be distributed instead? Instead of gathering all the power into a central location to power the GPUs there, stick the GPUs on the back of the solar panels as modules? That way even if you need active fluid exchanger it doesn’t have to span kilometers just meters.

I guess that would increase the cost of networking between the modules. Not sure if that would be prohibitive or not.


It's easier to shield the GPUs if they're all grouped up.
> Could the compute be distributed instead?

For electrons that would dramatically increase latency, and lower bandwidth, slowing down compute.

Maybe dense optical connects could work?

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