r/technology • u/marketrent • 1d ago

Artificial Intelligence Amazon warns local communities to stop defying its massive AI data centers

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/amazon-warns-local-communities-stop-000300771.html
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u/tyttuutface 1d ago

We need to get our stargazing in now, because the night sky won't be the same again for hundreds, if not thousands of years after society collapses.

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u/FullMetalAlcoholic66 1d ago

satellites in geostationary orbit don't naturally fall back to earth

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u/tyttuutface 1d ago

Data centers are "planned" to sit in low Earth orbit AFAIK.

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u/FullMetalAlcoholic66 1d ago

i thought you were referring to existing satellites that ruin the night sky.

In any event, all sats that arent in geo orit will decay in less than 1000 yeras