If Starship launches end up in the $20 million range they would be easily economical. Running cable isn't free.
And how many of these rockets would you have to launch to match the capacity of a mid-size terrestrial data center?
We’re not talking about launching little satellites here, we’re talking about replacing giant buildings.
How do you cool a datacenter in a vacuum? You’d need ridiculous radiators to dump megawatts. How do you service it in space when something breaks?
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