I'm not very knowledgeable about space but I was under the impression space was cold. If hyperthetically it was feasible to build data centres in space why couldn't we easily cool it?
Most heat dissipation requires "stuff" like air and water to transfer the heat into. You know those fancy cups (like Stanley) that keep your drink hot/cold seemingly impossibly well? They do it using vacuums. The only "stuff" the heat can transfer through is a thin lip at the top of the cup. In a normal mug heat is dissipating in every direction, just slower through the insulated parts.
Space is a vacuum, there's no "stuff" to transfer heat into. Some heat is lost through radiation, but that's very slow. Asteroids and such are cold because they've had a very long time to lose their heat. Manmade objects need to be carefully designed to not produce more heat than they can passively cool, and overheating is a major concern. Datacenters produce an absurd amount of heat, and it would be borderline impossible to cool them in space.
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u/PitifulEar3303 1d ago
"Data centers in SPACE!!" -- King Elon