Could Data Centres Ever Be Built In Orbit?

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W HERE IS THE best place to build a data centre? Not on Earth at all, but in orbit, claims Philip Johnston, chief executive of Starcloud. The cost of launching things into space is falling fast, and once it has fallen far enough "It's completely inevitable that all data centres will go into space," he says.

This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline "AI pie in the sky?"

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