alt Hacker NewsEven if they aren't financially viable, I think they're attractive because companies want to keep certain kinds of data/processing on everyone/everything someplace where there's a lower chance of government regulation (gdpr/etc).
If this is the case, I wouldn't be surprised to see them eventually support these kinds of regulations because it would enhance their moat (now earth orbit in addition to large capex for equipment and a sufficiently large user base).
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rightnutwingjob • yesterday at 9:24 PM
There are only three ways to deal with regulations you don’t like: political, legal, and force.
Where you put something is completely irrelevant.
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In that case, international water is far easier. There already are server farms on old oil rigs.
But, as these things go, regulation isn't that much about where you put the computers, but about where you register your company, and where your customers are living.