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The race to build orbital data centers is missing its biggest variable: power

Written by  Oleg Demidov Monday, 30 March 2026 12:00
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Here’s the version of the orbital data center story you keep reading: Elon Musk says space will be the cheapest place to run AI within 36 months.

LoneStar announces plans for a lunar data center. NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin Space-1 makes headlines. These are real announcements, and they all have one thing in common. Nobody talks about the source of electricity. While […]

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