Comment by danans

> If you look at my other comments in this thread, you'll see I predict they will fail.

Yep, we agree on that.

> off-grid datacenters could be cost competitive in some regions, but the upfront costs don't make them worthwhile right now.

I still don't understand why the alternative to space based datacenters being proposed is off-grid datacenters.

Why not compare it to grid-connected datacenters with enough behind the meter generation and storage to avoid peak grid prices? After all the ultimate comparison metric is cost (and ideally C02 emissions)