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Could SpaceX Starship Make Orbital Data Centers Viable?
Original: SpaceX's Trillion-Dollar Option: What If Starship Makes Orbital Data Centers Economically Viable?
SpaceX's Starship rocket is at the center of a new debate over whether orbital data centers could become economically viable. The argument holds that Starship's projected low launch costs could make it cheaper to put computing infrastructure in orbit, powered by continuous solar energy, than to expand terrestrial facilities. The idea carries potentially trillion-dollar market implications, though skeptics question thermal management, maintenance and latency challenges.
Why now: Investors and space analysts are weighing whether Starship's falling launch costs open a new commercial market in orbital computing.
Evidence
- SpaceX's Trillion-Dollar Option: What If Starship Makes Orbital Data Centers Economically Viable? · Seeking Alpha
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