Analysis Shows All Those Data Centers Under Construction Will Output As Much CO2 As 24 Million Cars
Maybe Elon is right? Put the data centers in space?
Data centers need round the clock power, which solar can’t do because of, you know, night (though batteries are helping make up the difference). So why not simply put giant mirrors into space to reflect sunlight at all times?
If space doesn’t work out, tech companies might just use nukes.
Small modular reactors?
Yes!
The Captain
I asked Claude AI if a satellite could be in orbit so that it always faces the sun. Take it with a small grain of salt, I’ve seen Claude make some factual errors. Rare, but it happens. It’s response:
“Yes — this is called a sun-synchronous orbit.
How it works: The satellite orbits at a specific altitude and inclination (typically 600–800 km, near-polar, slightly retrograde) chosen so that Earth’s equatorial bulge causes the orbital plane to precess at exactly the same rate Earth orbits the Sun — about 1° per day. This keeps the orbit’s orientation relative to the Sun fixed year-round.
What “facing the sun” means in practice:
The satellite passes over any given latitude at the same local solar time every orbit (e.g., always crossing the equator at 10:30 am). This is why these are also called sun-synchronous, or sometimes “dawn-dusk” or “noon-midnight” orbits depending on the chosen crossing time.
It does not mean the satellite itself is always in daylight, though a dawn-dusk variant can achieve near-continuous sunlight exposure, which is valuable for solar panels.”