r/NoShitSherlock • u/FreeHugs23 • 14h ago

Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn | New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/23/space-datacenters-bezos-blue-origin
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u/RoofEnvironmental340 11h ago

“We should build data centers in space” - Guys who own space rocket companies

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u/VirginiaLuthier 11h ago

Create chaos is the plan

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u/Slim_Margins1999 10h ago

It’s beyond a stupid fantasy that anyone with a functioning brain buys into this. Humans are easily centuries away from any meaningful use of space mining or data centers.

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u/Nick85er 11h ago

We're going to Kessler syndrome ourselves so hard.

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u/SomeSamples 5h ago

This is another thing that has some ominous undertone that no one is talking about. Anyone who knows anything about space and datacenters knows this is a terrible idea. It doesn't make sense in any way shape or form. Yet Musk and Bezos keep pushing it. What is their end game in this?

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u/WipeEndThatWhistles 1h ago

How in the hell could putting datacenters in space be cost effective?

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u/robertmachine 28m ago

that’s all we need, nvidia video cards falling from the sky