Surging demand for energy to power artificial intelligence (AI) data centers is reaching new heights as companies are pursuing plans to station data centers in space. Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon ...

As tech companies and governments fill the night sky with satellites, some astronomers are urging caution about creating a “dumping ground’’ in orbit.

If executed at the scale, Musk's orbital data center plan could have devastating effects on the environment and the ...

High-density AI chips run so hot that air cooling isn’t enough. New facilities are turning to liquid cooling. The technique of choice is water evaporation. It’s more effective and energy-efficient ...

Terrestrial data centers are so 2025. We're taking our large-scale compute infrastructure into orbit, baby! Or at least, that's what Big Tech is yelling from the rooftops at the moment. It's quite a ...

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