Please contact Dr. Works (keworks@fsu.eu) for additional help: Submission navigation links for Research Symposium Program Portal WF ‹ Previous submission Next submission › Submission information Submission Number: 211 Submission ID: 9059 Submission UUID: b8bf57e0-7683-4b82-8a28-bf77cff2ab51 Submission URI: /student-research/symposium/research-symposium-program-portal Submission Update: /student-research/symposium/research-symposium-program-portal?token=mNEh2yfLC4zK4-02od-7bVgf6kZtJj3UZklc7v78Beg Created: Fri, 01/30/2026 - 11:43 AM Completed: Fri, 01/30/2026 - 11:43 AM Changed: Fri, 01/30/2026 - 11:43 AM Remote IP address: 24.96.57.70 Submitted by: Anonymous Language: English Is draft: No Webform: Research Symposium Program Portal WF Submitted to: Student Research Symposium Program Portal Primary Student Contact First Name Primary Student Contact Last Name Pronouns Primary Student Contact FSU Student Email Photo of all individuals presenting this work 1132_0.jpg197.88 KB Remove Upload requirementsOne file only.2 MB limit. Major(s) of all individuals presenting this work Bio of all individuals presenting this work My name is Walter McDermott and I attend FSUPC through The Collegiate School as a Dual Enrolled Student. My interests have always been in space and how things operate there. Poster Title Abstract With a growing and more complex demand for technology, the physical land mass needed for data centers will inevitably exceed safe limits. That being said, moving data centers to space is a legitimate option for this expansion to compensate for the demand. Questions about this arise from the feasibility of this task, as it is complex to carry out. The way electricity will be handled, the cost of this operation, and how communication will work between the satellites and Earth are all major setbacks associated with this operation. In the past, people have launched satellites and other forms of spacecraft into orbit, all of which communicate with Earth and have their main computational tasks done on Earth. However, with the growing demand for computers, these satellites will need to have their own computer power capable of tackling the complex data that is handled in ground data centers. The goal for this research is to uncover the costs and general feasibility of this topic. The collected data will consist of reported quantitative and qualitative analyses of different companies that are doing similar things, such as Starlink. In addition, consumer reports regarding these companies will be considered. The significance of my findings is that companies will be presented with concrete evidence as to why and how space industrialization is a viable option for the expansion of their business. Research Mentor Name Research Mentor's College (or High School) Research Mentor's Department (or Subject) Research Mentor's Email Additional Research Mentor(s) Co-presenter(s) Keywords Poster Session/Number Work Complete Exploratory (the research question has been identified and design of approach is outlined) Presentation Modality Face to Face Poster session Synchronous Online Presentation Asynchronous Online Presentation Poster PDF Upload Upload requirementsOne file only.100 MB limit. Poster Thumbnail Please take a screenshot of your poster to be a thumbnail on your Symposium Program Profile. Upload Upload requirementsOne file only.2 MB limit. I will be printing my poster CAPTCHA What code is in the image? Enter the characters shown in the image. This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Save Leave this field blank
