Comment by xnx

4 days ago

Are you counting the emissions to get the datacenters into space?

That's an environmental and financial cost, but it's a one time cost. For datacenters on Earth, the emissions are continuous.

  • Are there going to be self sustaining server factories in space? The hw needs updating every few years.

    • How do we bootstrap to the point where we eventually have factories in space?

      If it were up to me, I would be researching and optimizing non-chemical propulsion, also green synthetic fuels for launches. Unfortunately, we will have to leave that for some firm other than SpaceX to develop.