Building orbital data centers to dodge regulators is 'completely unserious'
zacharynado · x · 2026-11-05
Reacting to the idea of escaping regulatory scrutiny by building AI infrastructure in space, sigfig calls it "completely unserious" and worries the industry is suffering "Claude-induced cranial trauma" — a pointed critique of the orbital datacenter hype and its regulatory-arbitrage narrative.
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