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Orbital data centers face latency hurdles as AI demand grows
Space-based data centers could tap solar energy and scale to meet AI's soaring compute needs, but reintroduce latency challenges solved on Earth. The concept promises unlimited renewable power but struggles with the physical limits of signal travel time. Industry experts say networking becomes the make-or-break factor for viability.
Meridian48 take
The latency problem is fundamental and physics-bound, making orbital data centers a niche solution for latency-tolerant workloads rather than a general replacement for terrestrial infrastructure.
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‘Networking becomes the make-or-break factor’: Orbital data centers reintroduce a challenge we’ve now fixed on land →
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