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    <h1>Data Centers in Space</h1><p>Technical analysis of orbital data centers: heat dissipation, latency, launch cost and real viability compared with terrestrial infrastructure.</p>
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<article><span>02</span><h2>1. Why now</h2><p>AI compute demand has increased dramatically since 2014, while electricity scenarios are already forcing an infrastructure conversation. Six terrestrial bottlenecks recur: power grid,…</p></article>
<article><span>03</span><h2>2. Energy, heat and connectivity</h2><p>Why &quot;space is cold&quot; does not mean free cooling: heat rejection still dominates and radiator area grows quickly. A real advantage is longer-duration solar exposure in suitable orbits;…</p></article></div>
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