Startup Starcloud Plans to Deploy 88,000 Datacenters in Space
Scobleizer · x · 2026-07-29
Philip Johnston, founder of Starcloud, shared an ambitious vision for space-based datacenters. The company already has one experimental datacenter in orbit and plans to deploy up to 88,000 datacenters in space to overcome earth-bound energy and cooling constraints.
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