To avoid fanning the flames of theatrics in the US, we will keep this simple: data centers in space are not commercially viable, and will not be for many years, if ever. The small issues of payload weight and heat dissipation seem to have been overlooked in SpaceX’s plans to launch a system of 1 million data centers in space. On this basis, we will review the latest dramatics from the US space leader on an environmental front. SpaceX says it is pitching the space-data center project so that it can have a free and limitless source of energy from the sun. This leads to the main sticking point for the AI data center boom: energy – an issue which,…