> space data centers cost ~2-3x of their terrestrial counterparts Which is very cheap if it means they can launch it quickly instead of being in permit hell fo

> space data centers cost ~2-3x of their terrestrial counterparts Which is very cheap if it means they can launch it quickly instead of being in permit hell for a year. You can also avoid sabotage (including via lawfare) and dishonest TV reporting à la "I'm standing here in front Big Bad Evil Datacenter that the local community says causes cancer and bad hair". They also get lower latency to pretty much everybody except the neighbours of such a terrestrial data center. The latter is an honest advantage. The former is a way of routing around damage. Both can be very valuable.