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A NASA concept illustration of a large solar-power satellite in orbit
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Data centers in orbit? The physics and economics that worry the skeptics

  • Elon Musk's vision of solar-powered AI data centers in space has caught the industry's imagination — but SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and a growing number of engineers warn that cooling, radiation, launch costs and repair make computing in orbit far harder than the pitch suggests.

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