Celebrating lightkeepers, satellites & space solarized orbital data centers

Disclosure: This content is provided by a third party. Neither crypto.news nor the author of this article endorses any product mentioned on this page. Users should conduct their own research before taking any action related to the company. It was still dark and quiet at 5:30 am in the morning on Sunday August 2nd , 2026 when CBS New’s truck arrived with John Elliott the award winning meteorologist and his team to broadcast live for three hours the upcoming week’s weather forecast from the National Lighthouse Museum on Staten Island (NLM). The forecast would be somewhat similar to the severe environmental crises NY experienced in mid-2023, featuring hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke turning skies orange, followed closely by catastrophic, record-shattering torrential rain and flash floods in July 2023 that prompted a federal disaster declaration. Summary New York imposed a one year moratorium on permits for new hyperscale data centers while the state studies their impact on the power grid and environment. Space based data centers are being explored as an alternative that could use continuous solar power and avoid terrestrial land and water demands. PowerBank launched the DeStarlink G...