We're on the edge of a real shift: the "cloud" may stop being purely a terrestrial phenomenon and become a layered network that includes orbit. The strongest case isn't that your favorite web app moves to space, but that space systems start acting like their own cloud region—compute, storage, and networking placed near satellites that generate massive amounts of data. If that happens, the first "clouds in space" won't look like hyperscale campuses; they'll look like compact, rugged orbital nodes that do AI inference, preprocessing, and caching, then beam results to Earth through high-throughput links. The big question is pace: in the near term, expect experiments and niche deployments for Earth observation, communications, and national security; mainstream adoption will require lower-cost launches, improved power and thermal designs, reliable optical crosslinks, and a clear cost advantage for specific workloads. Regulation and risk will shape it too—who owns the infrastructure, where the data "resides," and how you secure something you can't physically touch. So yes, we're likely to see "clouds in space," but as an extension of cloud architecture (edge + backbone), not a replacement for Earth regions—at least for a long while.