SpaceX Eyes Orbital Data Centers to Challenge AWS and Google

What Happened According to reports from Ars Technica, SpaceX is investigating the feasibility of deploying data centers in Earth orbit as an alternative to traditional ground-based facilities. These orbital data centers would function similarly to the massive warehouse-sized facilities currently operated by major cloud providers like Amazon Web Services and Google, but would be located in space rather than on Earth. The concept involves replicating the essential components of modern data centers—including racks of servers, storage systems, high-speed networking equipment, power systems, and cooling infrastructure—in a space-based environment.