Well, O3b MPower (MEO satellites) is offering independent one hop dedicated access to the (Microsoft Azure) cloud as "killer application". If the cloud is on the satellite, half-hop.
Starlink GWs are near Google Cloud datacenters. Blue Origin is on the mission to move Amazon Cloud to orbit, eventually, maybe, leaving the Earth as a garden to enjoy, without any industry on the surface (in a century, maybe). Kuiper will offer one hop access to Amazon Cloud, then half-hop. What seems a crazy idea today will be eventually implemented later, like Starlink (Teledesic failed, fingers crossed Starlink does not go bankrupt, although I would expect it be saved by Department of Defense, as Iridium was saved). As we were discussing recently, maybe starting with anycast DNS servers on satellites is a first step to consider, before embarking any other type of cloud servers. Regards, David > Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2023 04:33:00 +0000 > From: Ulrich Speidel <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, 'Michael Richardson' > <[email protected]>, 'starlink' <[email protected]>, > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Starlink] DataCenters in Space (was Re: fiber IXPs in > space) > Message-ID: > > <sy4pr01mb697983bb5deb1b2aa0b2690bce...@sy4pr01mb6979.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Where do I even start? The lack of substantial bandwidth between space and > ground? The extra latency between ground and space compared to terrestrial > cloud, especially as terrestrial cloud edge can move much closer to > customers when space can't? The fact that every LEO satellite is both a few > 100 km from every customer and out of the customer's range depending on when > you look? That low temperatures in space don't mean superconductive chips > that produce zero heat, and that that heat is difficult to get rid of in > space? That generating power in space is orders of magnitude more expensive > than on the ground? > > Just because Starlink can provide a service somewhere between DSL and low to > medium grade fibre to a few million around the globe it's not "done". Even > with 10x the number of satellites and a couple of times the current capacity > per satellite, Starlink isn't going to supply more than a couple of 100 > million at best, and that's not even accounting for growth in demand from > IOT... > > -- > > **************************************************************** > Dr. Ulrich Speidel > > School of Computer Science > > Room 303S.594 (City Campus) > Ph: (+64-9)-373-7599 ext. 85282 > > The University of Auckland > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~ulrich/ > **************************************************************** _______________________________________________ Starlink mailing list [email protected] https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink
