2025-12-16
The motivation for data centers in space isn't primarily economic. It is sovereignty. Beaming AI support to a handheld device from space is a memetic weapon of godlike magnitude. Space based hard power is still a necessity but you'd win the infowar outright.
Andrew McCalip
Orbital solar data centers' cost-per-watt of compute is $51.10/W, far above $15.85/W for terrestrial sites; SpaceX is uniquely positioned to try orbital
It might not be rational But It might be physically possibleBefore we get nerd sniped by the shiny engineering details, ask the only question that matters.
“If you've built an empire, the best possible use of it is to burn its capital like a torch and light up a corner of the future. Pay for the iteration loops. Build the cathedrals. This is how we advance civilization.”
Andrew McCalip
Orbital solar data centers' cost-per-watt of compute is $51.10/W, far above $15.85/W for terrestrial sites; SpaceX is uniquely positioned to try orbital
It might not be rational But It might be physically possibleBefore we get nerd sniped by the shiny engineering details, ask the only question that matters.