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Container ships getting rob by pirates all the times.

So unless those pirates have their own space program, it's pretty safe up there.

Container ships on popular routes. But they can be sent out to the middle of nowhere and they would be pretty safe I assume. Also, you may be able to just sink the datacenter's core part and only tether a few solar panels to it (or go nuclear). That way the target is minuscule, you get free cooling and even state-level attacks will have a hard time finding/damaging your data center.

Wouldn't that come with the vulnerability of data cables?

They appear to be trivially damaged by ships "accidentally" dragging their anchor.

They can also use satellite internet, it won't be slower than.. satellite internet.

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Where does this happen, besides the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast?

Singapore strait

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