Certainly the idea is difficult to execute on. However, there isn't anything about it that fundamentally says it cannot happen. I think Starlink is a pretty good example of how this could go.
The framing of the detractors always comes off like we intend to build Costco-style structures in space with robots tending to literal racks of unmodified server equipment running web app and credit card processing workloads.
The framing of the detractors always comes off like we intend to build Costco-style structures in space with robots tending to literal racks of unmodified server equipment running web app and credit card processing workloads.