Artificial intelligence companies are exploring locating their data centers on satellites. Satellites address many of the constraints on terrestrial data centers generated by the demands of AI. Sunlight provides power, the cold temperature provides cooling, and the location in orbit avoids land-use restrictions. This is not just the topic of keynote speeches, IT and defense-tech companies are already researching or prototyping systems that would train and run AI models in orbit. Whether these projects succeed or not, […]