In 2031, Earth might no longer be the best place to build a datacenter. From facilities like Starbase Louisiana, most compute could be deployed into outer space instead. It's hard to overstate just how much that could change AI policy: (1) AI policy stops being local: no datacenter protests, no county taxes - anything has to go through the federal authorities that govern space and launches. That's bad news for grassroots activism. (2) Enforcement becomes very hard: if we deploy space compute…