Re:SpaceX – Starfall
by rpdillon on Sunday November 08, 2026 @11:13AM
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> People are radically overestimating the cost of space post-Starship
Just going off what the folks working on it say.
> Speaking at The Information's recent WTF Summit in Napa Valley, Amanda Peterson Corio, Google's global head of data center energy, said data centers in space could cost up to 100 times as much as those built on the ground.
> Her advice to the rest of the industry was simple and (pun intended) grounded: "Let's explore all the terrestrial options before we go extraterrestrial."
Just going off what the folks working on it say.
> Speaking at The Information's recent WTF Summit in Napa Valley, Amanda Peterson Corio, Google's global head of data center energy, said data centers in space could cost up to 100 times as much as those built on the ground.
> Her advice to the rest of the industry was simple and (pun intended) grounded: "Let's explore all the terrestrial options before we go extraterrestrial."
https://www.techradar.com/pro/just-a-moonshot-google-energy-...