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Orbital data centres spark a new space race for AI

Original: AI: orbital data centres, a new space race

The United Nations news service reports that AI companies and space agencies are looking to put data centres into orbit, framing the effort as a new space race. The idea is to use solar power and the cold of space to run energy-hungry computing, though technical and cost challenges remain significant.

Why now: Growing interest in space-based computing as a way to meet AI's huge energy demands

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