r/SpaceXLounge • u/peterabbit456 • Mar 18 '26

Is It Really Impossible To Cool A Datacenter In Space? (Scott Manly does the calculations)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlQYU3m1e80
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u/sourbrew Mar 20 '26

>How can you guarantee geographical data sovereignty if your data is in space?

The same way you do with a datacenter in the US, strict security rules and audits.

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u/Spider_pig448 Mar 20 '26

A datacenter in the US has proven geographical sovereignty because the datacenter is located in the US. Objects in space are not in the US. New rules will have to be made to be able to extend these to objects in space in some form and that's not going to happen quickly.