FEASIBILITY

Electricity costs in terrestrial data centers account for at least 25% of total operating expenses, representing a primary barrier to their feasibility.

StarBlade constellations harness abundant solar energy in space. A 100-megawatt constellation would recover USD $80 million per year in electricity costs before any other costs are considered.

Land acquisition typically accounts for 15% to 20% of the initial capital expenditure for terrestrial data centers. Terrestrial HPC/AI facilities have significant power, connectivity, water, and zoning requirements, the scarcity of which is causing data-center real estate prices to steadily increase. For example, in the U.S., land costs for data centers are rising 23% year-on-year. Similarly, rental prices for terrestrial data centers are increasing by 14.5% per year.

StarBlade constellations, uninhibited by land costs, benefit from the downward trend in orbital launch fees.

Terrestrial data centers incur maintenance and utilities costs of roughly $500,000 to $2 million per year, per megawatt of commissioned IT load.

StarBlade facilitates an annualized recovery of roughly 24% on maintenance and utilities costs in comparison to terrestrial data centers.