I would say equally stupid. Data centers essentially have two inputs and two outputs (obviously a lot more in real life), data/electricity and data/heat, respectively. All of those are easier on the ground, but removing heat makes it an absolute deal breaker in space. You simply can’t radiate that much heat in space. You would need unrealistically large surface area exposed to the vacuum of space.
I would say equally stupid. Data centers essentially have two inputs and two outputs (obviously a lot more in real life), data/electricity and data/heat, respectively. All of those are easier on the ground, but removing heat makes it an absolute deal breaker in space. You simply can’t radiate that much heat in space. You would need unrealistically large surface area exposed to the vacuum of space.