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Orbital Data Centers Face Space-Based Challenges

Bloomberg Tech · Jun 5, 2026, 6:08 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Philip Johnston, Starcloud CEO, joins to discuss the challenges of building and maintaining orbital data centers in space, this as SpaceX says it wants to ultimately deploy 100 gigawatts of AI compute capacity in orbit. He joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

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