Source: Semianalysis
The economics of compute are pushing beyond terrestrial constraints. Space datacenters offer latency-free access to raw power and freedom from earth-bound cooling limits, making them attractive to AI labs burning through electricity budgets. The deeper rationale is bypassing regulatory bottlenecks and grid capacity crunches that are slowing down AI infrastructure deployment on the ground. If that holds, computational power will migrate off-planet, with serious implications for which nations and companies control the infrastructure layer of AI.