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  "path": "/the-race-to-build-orbital-data-centers-is-missing-its-biggest-variable-power/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-30T13:00:00.000Z",
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    "Commercial",
    "Opinion",
    "orbital data centers",
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    "space-based data centers",
    "The race to build orbital data centers is missing its biggest variable: power",
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  "textContent": "Here’s the version of the orbital data center story you keep reading: Elon Musk says space will be the cheapest place to run AI within 36 months. LoneStar announces plans for a lunar data center. NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin Space-1 makes headlines. These are real announcements, and they all have one thing in common. Nobody talks about the source of electricity. While […]\n\nThe post The race to build orbital data centers is missing its biggest variable: power appeared first on SpaceNews.",
  "title": "The race to build orbital data centers is missing its biggest variable: power"
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