[Dylan16807]

You make a compelling argument about datacenter NIMBY, though for competing with space that's still largely bypassed since you're not going for super low latency and being a thousand miles out of the way is fine.

For the delay part, how many months do you think it takes to set up a substantial satellite production line? And go through enough test versions that you're ready for prime time? I think it's a lot more than 16 months. With a bunch of money you can get enough land and permits for a decade of datacenters long before you can get your first gigawatt of satellites launched.

[piloto_ciego]

Well, honestly, I don't think it'll be that long, because they'll mostly likely use the starlink design and strap GPUs on it, frankly.

And still, even if you have the land already, and even the permits, space offers something else. You're quite literally "above the law" in some sense.