Space-based data centers move closer to reality as SpaceX, Google, and startups pursue orbital infrastructure
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Ina Fried
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Summary
Space-based data centers are moving from concept toward reality, with companies like SpaceX, Google, Starcloud, and Cowboy Space Corp. pursuing orbital data center projects. SpaceX has filed an FCC application to launch a million satellites and plans to test orbital data centers. The initiative is partly driven by growing protests against earth-based data centers, with tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos viewing space as the next frontier for data infrastructure.
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With data center protests growing on earth, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others have been eyeing the vastness of outer space as the next frontier.
Work is already under way from startups Starcloud and Cowboy Space Corp. as well as big tech companies including SpaceX and Google.
SpaceX has already filed an application with the FCC to launch a million satellites.
The prospectus outlines plans to launch a test of its orbital data centers.
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