Space Data Centers Are Coming | Wilmington News

Wilmington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 28, 2026 · 1m

NASA’s Jared Isaacman is pushing a radical idea: build solar-powered data centers in space to dodge Earth’s land, water, and grid headaches while racing ahead in AI. With public backlash against terrestrial data centers mounting over energy, pollution, and noise, orbiting facilities could be the answer — if we can solve the engineering nightmares: extreme heat dissipation, reliable cheap launches, space-hardy hardware, and laser-linked networks. Companies like Google (Suncatcher), Starcloud (already ran an AI model in space), and even SpaceX (seeking FCC approval for 1 million satellites) are…