It’s trading political difficulty for engineering difficulty.
replyThere are now quite a few politicians running on a platform of banning data centre construction projects.
It is another common argument, but again trading a problem for a much harder one.
replyIf politicians ban datacenter construction projects, do you think they will take kindly of the process of building them in space? Rockets are really bad from an environment perspective. We tolerate them because we don't do that many launches and the negative effects are small on a global scale.
how does the economics compare at scale building a persistent 24/7 supply of 1,000 gw isnt easy or cheap
replyIt is certainly not easy or cheap, but doing it in space is harder and more expensive.
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