As companies race to build orbiting data centers, scientists are warning that the systems could create giant rings of artificial satellites around Earth, further darkening the night sky with more light pollution. But now scientists are creating simulations to visualize what these orbital data centers could look like around Earth and in the night sky. Other industry players, including Blue Origin and startups Starcloud and Cowboy Space, also want to tap the Sun’s energy for their own space-based data centers. That said, the videos are merely simulations when orbital data centers remain in their infancy. But in March, SpaceX told the Federal Communications Commission it intended to start small with its own orbital data center constellation.