The Blue Wave Has Tech Bros Scrambling for Data Centers in Space
Caroline Haskins reports for WIRED that after Democratic midterm wins—including taking the House and Senate, with candidates who opposed the data center industry, and Elon Musk's $400 million in Republican spending going to losses—the tech world is looking to space-based data centers, with Blue Origin seeking a permit for 50,000 satellites and SpaceX aiming to deploy thousands of AI satellites by late 2027. Experts tell WIRED that Texas's new split legislature could still bring changes, though developers' vested rights and counties' limited zoning powers constrain what it can do.
