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Google says Starship needs 1,800 launches 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 data centers in space could become commercially viable. The figure highlights the enormous launch capacity required to move computing infrastructure off Earth, and underscores how far current rocket capabilities remain from supporting large-scale orbital data centers.
Why now: Growing interest in space-based data centers as a solution to Earth's energy and cooling constraints has put the feasibility of such projects under scrutiny.
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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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