[Starlink] Re: Data centers are racing to space — and regulation can’t keep up

David Lang
2026-02-26T01:33:59Z

Daniel AJ Sokolov wrote:

> Block spots in orbit

at the scale that he operates, everyone else combined in in the noise. Starlink
is already several times the number of other satellites in orbit combined.

besides, in the long run, he's talking about launching from the moon into solar
orbit, not earth orbit, but even if he was just talking about launching into
earth orbit near the moon's orbit, it's not like there are very many satellites
there to contend with.

> From a technology point of view, this is bonkers.

if you only look at technical details, you may be right, but if you add the
regulatory burden and delays in building traditional datacenters, that may be
enough to change the math.

Now, if we could ease the regulations so that it's easier to build power plants
and hook up to the grid (or get small next-gen nuclear power plants operational
so they can be dropped at the datacenters), that could change the math back.

David Lang