"It really seems like anyone with some renders and a white paper written by someone being gassed up by an overly agreeable AI can get VC funding these days."
Not to mention the power requirements would likely require more than solar unless they put solar panels up far bigger than anything put up there before.
Not to mention the power requirements would likely require more than solar unless they put solar panels up far bigger than anything put up there before.
It will be far bigger. Its mostly solar panels.
Or one of those mini nuclear reactors they are working on
Beyond the power requirements for the computer, there is also the power that will be needed to transmit back to earth.
A wireless link that can pass the amount of bandwidth needed (and do it reliably) will need huge power as well.