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fromComputerworld
1 month agoSpace: The final frontier for data processing
There are, however, a couple of reasons why data centers in space are being considered. There are plenty of reports about how the increased amount of AI processing is affecting power consumption within data centers; the World Economic Forum has estimated that the power required to handle AI is increasing at a rate of between 26% and 36% annually. Therefore, it is not surprising that organizations are looking at other options.
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fromArs Technica
1 month agoMeet Project Suncatcher, Google's plan to put AI data centers in space
Free-fall linked-satellite data centers require kilometer-scale station keeping, radiation-tolerant consumer TPUs for multi-year operation, prototype launches, and much cheaper launch costs.
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