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This strategic reordering is driven by economic and logistical considerations. The moon offers significant advantages as a launch pad: its low gravity (about one-sixth of Earth's) reduces energy costs drastically, and with a three-day proximity, it becomes an ideal staging ground for building AI infrastructure at scale. In contrast, Mars presents environmental hurdles—such as toxic soil and higher gravity—that make large-scale deployment more challenging and costly.