US data center moratoriums will push AI compute out to LEO / sun-synchronous orbit / Dyson swarm.

US data center moratoriums will push AI compute out to LEO / sun-synchronous orbit / Dyson swarm. | if the the regulatory regime enables us to to launch our SSO Dyson form, this could perversely put the US in the lead as it seems to be doing already in in terms of moving our AI compute out to to low Earth orbit and SSO and maybe eventually uh sun centered orbit | First commercial orbital data-center launch

Key catalyst: First commercial orbital data-center launch

Watch events: Starcloud Blackwell satellite (Oct 2026); Google Project Suncatcher demo satellite; FCC DC filings

if the the regulatory regime enables us to to launch our SSO Dyson form, this could perversely put the US in the lead as it seems to be doing already in in terms of moving our AI compute out to to low Earth orbit and SSO and maybe eventually uh sun centered orbit

US DC moratoriums (NY, California) + orbital DC launch both real. Alex's 'push compute to orbit' thesis tracking.

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