AI Labs Look To Space For Their Data Center Needs

Sean Moran Investigative Reporter, Technology August 29, 2026 12:10 PM ET Data centers were once thought to be a driving force for economic growth. Now, Americans don’t want them in their backyards. Could space be a better fit? Data centers started sprawling across most of the American South and the Midwest as politicians have embraced them to foster economic growth. However, as Americans have increasingly spurned the big tech warehouses, governors and lawmakers alike have pushed for moratoriums and more stringent rules against data center construction. That pushback is forcing some AI companies to look toward the stars.But making that happen is no easy task, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation, as orbital data centers lack the power of land-based data centers and need to have it