Tech billionaires want to put data centers in space. The math could get ugly fast.

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• Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are advocating for space data centers to scale AI.
• The space economy could be a $1.8 trillion opportunity by 2035, according to McKinsey and Company.
• Critics argue that space data centers face high costs and technical challenges.

From the coming SpaceX IPO excitement to Nvidia's foray into space computing, data centers in space have become the tech industry's new favorite talking point.