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How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?

Via Ars Technica AI
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2026 · 11:00AM
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SpaceX has pinned the bulk of its future value on orbital data centers. Not rockets. Not spacecraft. Instead, it envisions launching and maintaining a constellation of 1 million satellites capable of generating 120 GW to power tens of millions—and potentially up to 100 million—frontier-class GPUs fo

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