Google recently unveiled Project Suncatcher, a research "moonshot" aiming to build a data center in space. The tech giant ...

Energy is the largest operational expense for terrestrial data centers, often accounting for 40% to 60% of annual costs. Hyperscale facilities can spend $5 to 10 million per year on electricity alone.

Google’s Project Suncatcher would need sophisticated collision avoidance capabilities to navigate a junk-filled landscape.

A drone photo taken on Feb. 18, 2025 shows Hainan's commercial underwater intelligent computing cluster being lowered into the sea near Lingshui Li Autonomous County in south China's Hainan Province.

Advances in artificial intelligence are driving surging demand for data centers. But these warehouse-like facilities, containing computers that process and store data, require a lot of land and huge ...

In the past week, Plug Power announced it raised nearly US$400 million through a convertible notes offering to pay off high-interest debt, expanded into supplying electricity and backup power to AI ...

The center hosts the world’s largest wind tunnel and a rich history of aerospace innovation, preserved in a striking visual archive in the heart of Silicon Valley. At the southern tip of San Francisco ...

Altman is aware, however, that some people might not like this. “I’ve spoken with environmentalists,” he said. Then, he offered a suggestion. “Maybe we put [ data centers] in space,” he said. “I wish ...

The vast majority of NASA's employees could be furloughed and all but its most critical operations – including management of the International Space Station – are likely to be paused. Many NASA ...