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>>wiley1+(OP)
What does space give us that Earth does not in this scenario? Free real estate? They only mention falling costs for deployment.

>>zamale+ub
There's an answer in their whitepaper[0] - see Table 1. tl;dr - power is continuous and free via solar array

[0] - https://starcloudinc.github.io/wp.pdf

>>dilyev+vc
Just spitballing here, but what if you built it on Earth, and then used the savings to build a second one on the opposite side of Earth? Now you have equivalently continuous power via solar array and also, as a bonus, air.

>>Cobras+Bi
Not continuous because weather is a thing. Also the sun isnt directly overhead the entire time so need a much larger array

>>dilyev+qv
Okay, build 12 datacenters, 30 degrees of longitude apart. I'm pretty sure it's still far cheaper.

>>Cobras+yD
Well I guess it's a good thing for them they actually did the math. Please show me where they sell you electricity at ~$0.002/kWh where it's politically stable enough to build super expensive datacenters.