Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter.

Microsoft plans $4 billion expansion of Racine County work for an advanced AI data center

Microsoft is finishing construction on its first Racine County data center, which is to be completed in early 2026. The ...

AI’s ballooning energy consumption puts spotlight on data center efficiency

AI’s burgeoning energy appetite is driving efforts to make more efficient computer chips. But chips are only part of the data ...
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Data centers gobble Earth’s resources. What if we took them to space instead?

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it's feasible is another matter.
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Data Center Development Is Starting to Monopolize Construction Resources

If you build it, they will come — but at what cost? Data center development in the U.S. is bigger than ever before, after the asset class saw its deal volume more than double from $26 billion in 2023 ...

New data centers could strain the grid — and your wallet

North Carolina communities are weighing data centers’ promises of jobs and revenue against risks of higher power bills, grid ...