Ever imagined data centers floating in orbit? 🚀
At Italian Tech Week in Turin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos unveiled a vision: within 10 to 20 years, gigawatt-scale data centers could be built in space, powered by solar energy around the clock.
Speaking with Ferrari and Stellantis Chairman John Elkann, Bezos highlighted a key advantage: “These giant training clusters… will be better built in space, because we have solar power there, 24/7. There are no clouds and no rain, no weather.”
Bezos predicts that this continuous sunlight free of interruptions will allow space-based centers to outperform terrestrial counterparts in cost and efficiency. 🌞💸
The idea gains momentum as AI demand soars—much like the internet boom of the early 2000s. While cautioning against speculative bubbles, Bezos urged us to stay optimistic about tech’s next frontier.
With Earth’s data centers gulping electricity and water for cooling, the prospect of orbiting hubs offers a fresh, sustainable path forward. Is our future computing home among the stars? 🌌✨
Reference(s):
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