If compute moves to space, will data center critics still protest progress itself?
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-11-08
Pushing back against rising NIMBY sentiment against data centers, the author argues that compute in space is the inevitable future. Even deploying compute thousands of miles from Earth, critics may invent new slogans like "polluting space" — yet space is effectively infinite, and deploying hardware there merely rearranges existing matter without adding or removing mass from the universe. His conclusion: if moving compute to space still doesn't satisfy opponents, it was never about location or the environment — it was about stopping progress itself.
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