It wasn’t about rules for datacenters. He was saying that the regulatory barriers for building new electric power are so high that it’s easier to build the power capacity in space.
I don’t think this is plausible either, but even if it’s true: The data center operators could just not build any new electric power. At some point the price for electricity could increase, but as was pointed out, energy is currently only 7% of data center cost.
It wasn’t about rules for datacenters. He was saying that the regulatory barriers for building new electric power are so high that it’s easier to build the power capacity in space.
I don’t think this is plausible either, but even if it’s true: The data center operators could just not build any new electric power. At some point the price for electricity could increase, but as was pointed out, energy is currently only 7% of data center cost.