The sun produces more power than 100 trillion times humanity's entire electricity generation. In orbit, solar panels can be eight times more productive than their Earth-bound counterparts, generating ...

It was probably always when, not if, Google would add its name to the list of companies intrigued by the potential of orbiting data centers. Google announced Tuesday a new initiative, named Project ...

The tech industry is on a tear, building data centers for AI as quickly as they can buy up the land. The sky-high energy costs and logistical headaches of managing all those data centers have prompted ...

Over the past few years, tech leaders have increasingly advocated for space-based AI infrastructure as a way to address the power requirements of data centers. In space, sunshine—which solar panels ...

Google is testing a new project that could harness the sun to power data centers in space. Google's own research shows that space-based data centers could avoid draining resources on Earth. SpaceX and ...

Consequently, some Big Tech players are looking to locate their data centers in space. They think that low earth orbit could mitigate the problem of pesky, annoyed neighbors and offer perpetual ...

Zoom into NYC from space in this amazing Google Earth Studio visualization, featuring "West 66th" by pop rock artist Logan ...

Google’s ‘Project Suncatcher’ Aims to Power AI Data Centers from Space Your email has been sent Google is taking its “moonshot” reputation to new heights by moving its data centers… to space? The tech ...

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He teaches space systems engineering and mission design and management at the University ...