It’s been more than 50 years since humankind last stepped foot on the Moon, and the idea of ferrying humans to Mars still seems out of reach. Yet listen to Silicon Valley executives and they’ll tell you they have aspirations to do more than just set foot on far-flung planets and celestial bodies. Their latest frontier? They want to build data centres there to power the AI revolution.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos has said that he believes “colossal data centres” will be built in space within the next decade or two — and he favours a space-based regime because it can take advantage of endless solar power, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “There are no clouds and no rain, no weather,” he said.
