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Google looks to space for AI data centers
Original: As companies pour billions into Earth-based AI infrastructure, Google taking the data center race off-planet
Google is exploring moving data centers off Earth, betting that solar-powered computing in orbit could ease the huge energy demands of AI. The announcement stands out as rivals like Microsoft, Amazon and Meta commit tens of billions of dollars to land-based AI infrastructure on Earth. The idea of scaling data centers beyond the planet is drawing wide attention and skepticism about cost and feasibility.
Why now: Google publicly floated the radical idea of orbital AI data centers just as industry infrastructure spending is at record levels.
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