SpaceX acquired xAI on Monday, forming a $1.25 trillion behemoth with the goal of sending data centers into space. They’re not alone either: Google and a host of startups like Lonestar, Axiom, and Nvidia-backed Starcloud are scrambling into the field. Endless solar power, free real estate, and most importantly, huge rockets! What more could you want?
  • redlemace
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    3 days ago

    hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of satellites into space.

    Well, first and foremost there is the Kessler syndrome. Apart from that, how does one exchange huge amounts of data from earth with such an amount of remote dc’s? There isn’t unlimited space for radio signals, and i’m not sure lasers will do the trick.