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Google says Starship must launch 1,800 times for space data centers
Original: Google thinks SpaceX's Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground
Google estimates that SpaceX's Starship would need to fly around 1,800 times before orbital data centers become commercially viable. The figure highlights the enormous launch capacity required to lift the hardware, power systems and infrastructure for computing in space. The assessment adds a dose of caution to growing industry interest in moving data center operations off Earth.
Why now: Space-based data centers are attracting attention, and Google's launch estimate puts a hard number on the barrier to making them real.
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- Google thinks SpaceX's Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground · TechCrunch
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