At this point, just build the data centers on another planet or on another moon
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2026
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Those only solve for gravity, or not having to pay for fuel to keep things in orbit. Other heavenly bodies are further away, so latency becomes a big problem, followed by exponentially more power to transmit (radio) in order to maintain the same bandwidth. That and cooling: the possible candidates range from as bad as orbit to worse and much worse, all with increasing latency and power needs to boot.
Overall, even the in-orbit version is a bad idea.
Anyone who thinks it will ever happen is equally silly. Space is a dead end, but because of decades of sci-fi people think Star Trek is real.
How far can this bubble possibly stretch?
Gravity doesn't turn off but those data centers will