A concern shared with the Loop and the Ring is that either will shade equatorial-to-tropical waters. This stands to weaken monsoons and other storms. A post dedicated to that, is in order. We'll start with the southern Indian Ocean.
I suspect that Indian-Ocean Loop to contribute, as would the Ring, to north-Malagasian, Australian, south-Asian aridity. On the plus side: Zanzibar, Timor, north Australian space sites won't have as many weather-warnings for whatever direct spaceflights they might want to do. As to the Loop, with fewer bad storms we're allowed to build it that bit closer to Madagascar - which should help Cape shipping.
The Loop boards... in the middle of the ocean, from a freighter. One pillar may be worth anchoring at Aldabra, where humans aren't supposed to live; run a set of birdnests up the shaft.
On to central Pacific: how would the Ring or Loops affect the Ninho?
Loop and/or Ring still look better for Mars than for Earth.
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