Then there is the problem of malfunctioning data centers and how to fix damaged or malfunctioning hardware. Technicians are used to being on call to handle emergency callouts, but a trip out of the atmosphere may be a journey too far.
With the thermal stresses on equipment, and the risk of catastrophic damage from the impact of tiny dust particles, malfunctions could be much more common than on earth.
There’s also the issue of more serious space collisions: One satellite malfunctioning and drifting out of control could cause a heap of problems, and with one million data centers orbiting the Earth, there would be a much bigger risk of collision, with debris damaging many other satellites too.
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