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The Big Sip
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Jeff Bezos announced at Italian Tech Week that millions will live in space by choice within two decades, with massive AI-powered data centers operating in orbit.
Three billionaires are making civilization-level decisions about humanity's future in space. They're determining who lives off-world, where industrial infrastructure gets built, and how orbital energy systems operate. No democratic process is involved.
Will Blue Origin's Orbital Reef station launch this decade as planned? Will any government attempt to regulate who decides humanity's space future before the infrastructure is built?
Reciepts
• [Report] Financial Times coverage of Bezos Italian Tech Week appearance, 4 Oct 2025 — Direct quotes on timeline for millions living in space and orbital data center economics
• [Report] Reuters on space-based data center predictions, 4 Oct 2025 — Details on gigawatt-scale facilities and cost comparisons to terrestrial infrastructure
• [Analysis] TechCrunch on Blue Origin's Orbital Reef timeline, 4 Oct 2025 — Commercial station development schedule and NASA partnership details
• [Opinion] Space industry analysis defending private sector leadership — Counter-argument that democratic institutions lack the speed and capital to develop space infrastructure; private companies with profit incentives drive faster innovation than government programs
The counter-case is loud: Physics and finance bite. A 1-gigawatt space data centre means thousands of tonnes of kit and launch bills in the tens of billions. Tom's Hardware
The vision: robots do manual labour, humans float in orbital bliss. Strange coming from a company that monitors warehouse workers' bathroom time.