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From: Hesham ElBakoury <helbakoury@gmail.com>
To: David Collier-Brown <davec-b@rogers.com>
Cc: Dave Taht via Starlink <starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net>
Subject: [Starlink] Re: Data centers are racing to space — and regulation can’t keep up
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:42:42 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFvDQ9quMT0fM41X1XHSCWDkviH5YkZy4tqTOAMNHULUXzErKQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4f2228ec-042a-48ed-8946-a6c37f10ca94@rogers.com>

This article says it is horrible idea:
https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-idea/

Hesham

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 6:30 AM David Collier-Brown via Starlink <
starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> I looked at the radiative cooling problem, and immediately thought ...
> "these things can't possibly work. What is the hidden agenda here?"
>
> Anyone know of alternative reasons for this project? It's from Mr Musk,
> so weird is quite possible.
>
> --dave
>
> On 2/25/26 09:05, Hesham ElBakoury via Starlink wrote:
> >
> https://restofworld.org/2026/orbital-data-centers-ai-sovereignty/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
> >
> >
> > Hesham
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-25 14:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-25 14:05 [Starlink] Data centers are racing to space — and regulation can’t keep up Hesham ElBakoury
2026-02-25 14:30 ` [Starlink] " David Collier-Brown
2026-02-25 14:32   ` [Starlink] Re: Data centers are racing to space ??? and regulation can???t " Gert Doering
2026-02-25 14:42   ` Hesham ElBakoury [this message]
2026-02-26  4:28     ` [Starlink] Re: Data centers are racing to space — and regulation can’t " J Pan
     [not found]       ` <CAFvDQ9p68AFJ5cQTpyx=HkA2Cf6r1m6F3ssaJh-OJK4kqK=PDQ@mail.gmail.com>
2026-02-26  5:54         ` J Pan
2026-02-26  6:01           ` Hesham ElBakoury
2026-02-25 14:50   ` Daniel AJ Sokolov
2026-02-26  1:33     ` David Lang
2026-02-26  2:38       ` Nick Matthews
2026-02-26  4:39         ` David Lang
2026-02-26 11:54           ` Mark Handley
2026-02-26 13:36             ` Vint Cerf
2026-02-26 13:56               ` Nitinder Mohan
2026-02-26 21:36                 ` Ulrich Speidel
2026-02-26 23:02                   ` Brandon Butterworth
2026-02-26 23:16                     ` Nitinder Mohan
2026-02-26 23:44                       ` Ulrich Speidel
2026-02-27  1:01                         ` Joe Hamelin
2026-02-27  1:47                           ` David Lang
2026-02-27 14:26                             ` [Starlink] Why Data Centers In Space Won't Work [Yet] (A non-canonical list) Sascha Meinrath
2026-02-27 15:07                               ` [Starlink] " David Lang
2026-02-27 15:15                               ` Daniel AJ Sokolov
2026-02-27 15:22                                 ` Gert Doering
2026-02-26 14:14               ` [Starlink] Re: Data centers are racing to space — and regulation can’t keep up Mark Handley
2026-02-26 18:01             ` David Lang
2026-02-25 20:26   ` Brandon Butterworth
2026-02-26  1:28   ` David Lang
2026-02-26  4:49 ` David Lang

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