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by asadotzler 2 days ago
In 2025, SpaceX put 3,200 Starlink satellites into orbit with 122 Falcon 9 launches. That's about 2,000 tonnes. In about 2 more years, as the Starlink constellation reaches its licensed size limit, it should transition from growth mode to maintenance mode, freeing up over 1,000 tonnes of extremely reliable launch capacity.

What could that 1,000 tonnes per year get your in terms of sell-able data center capacity, and how does that compare to terrestrial build-out time frames?

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According the the X post, each 150kW satellite is a bit over 2 tons, so a full year of launches would get you 75MW. Thats not much when AI datacenters are GW-class.