Google's SunCatcher space data center satellite launches next week as compute leaves Earth
krishnan · x · 2026-09-25
Another data center is heading to space: Google's SunCatcher test satellite launches next week into a Dawn-Dusk orbit, a sign that tech companies are seriously moving compute infrastructure beyond Earth's surface.
krishnan turns this into a local-leverage argument: rather than just fighting data centers on the ground, communities should use companies' current desperation for infrastructure to extract tangible economic commitments. Data centers aren't inherently the problem — ones with no local benefit are. Act now, he argues, before they fully migrate to sun-synchronous orbits.
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