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Why not build data centers in very cold places, versus trying to do it in space?


This Perspective explores the potential of developing carbon-neutral data centres in space, providing frameworks for orbital edge data centres, which would be equipped with data sensors and AI accelerators, and orbital cloud data centres, which would be based on constellations of computational satellites equipped with servers and broadband connectivity.

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