Orbital Data Centers Launch to Sun-Synchronous Orbit, Memed as Elves Sailing West
rand_longevity · x · 2026-11-05
Alex Wagner quips: "Atlas shrugged, the Elves sailed into the West, and the Orbital Data Centers launched to Sun-synchronous orbit" — riffing on classic exit narratives as compute races move to space, captioned "a tale as old as time."
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