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And that may be part of the allure for Big Tech companies looking to the heavens for their data center solutions. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are working on plans to launch orbital ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Google recently unveiled Project Suncatcher, a ...

A solar-powered ‘Galactic Brain’ is supposed to side-step energy constraints new data centers face on Earth. A solar-powered ‘Galactic Brain’ is supposed to side-step energy constraints new data ...

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for artificial intelligence data centers in space, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, ...

The tech billionaires are simultaneously eyeing bringing data centers to orbit, according to a report Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and SpaceX founder Elon Musk are each working to launch AI data ...

To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence is outgrowing the planet that gave birth to it. Data centers will account for nearly half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030 ...

Baker’s analysis, shared in a recent podcast called ‘Invest Like The Best,’ provides the economic logic behind Alphabet Inc.‘s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) newly revealed “Project Suncatcher” and ...

"Anything you can do in a terrestrial data center, I’m expecting to be able to be done in space." As critics have pointed out, the logistical obstacles are comically immense, from concerns over ...

Axiom Space and Spacebilt plan to install an optically interconnected orbital data center node on the International Space Station in 2027. Credit: Axiom Space As the space industry explores orbital ...

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