- Bezos imagine Orbital Data Centers driven by constant sunlight beyond the Earth’s atmosphere
- The plan promises endless energy, no clouds and no weather interference
- Launching and maintenance of space -based servers could cost billions in failed missions
Jeff Bezos has outlined a future where data center operations may no longer be tied to the ground.
The Amazon founder, who spoke on Italian Tech Week, described a potential shift against orbital computer infrastructure.
He suggested that within two decades the gigawatt scale facilities could work in space using uninterrupted solar energy.
A new limit to computing power
The idea rests on the argument that the room provides benefits that no terrestrial place can match.
This includes permanent sunlight, the absence of weather disorders and theoretically unlimited power production.
Bezos said “giant training clusters” for AI tools would better host the Earth’s atmosphere, where cooling and energy supply are less limited.
In a public conversation with Ferrari and Stellanti’s chairman John Elkann, Bezos said, “These giant training clusters will be better built in space because we have solar energy there, 24/7. There is no clouds and no rain, no weather.”
“We will be able to beat the cost of terrestrial data centers in space for the next few decades.”
The premise is dependent on the huge energy requirements of artificial intelligence, especially the GPU clusters used to educate large models.
As data centers on Earth consume large amounts of electricity and water, the concept of orbital facilities offers a possible solution to growing sustainability problems.
Bezos predicted that the cost of operating these space -based systems could eventually undermine them on the ground.
However, this vision raises technical and economic issues. Maintaining data centers in circuits present difficulties that require attention.
Hardware errors, upgrades and the need for human or robot service would all be expensive and risky.
Each launch depends on expensive and complex rocket missions, and even small malfunctions could jeopardize large systems.
Critics may see this as an idealistic project that underestimates the logistics of maintaining critical computer infrastructure in an environment where replacement parts are hundreds of kilometers away.
Observers see Bezos’ own blue origin rockets as potential acts for this shift, although the company has not yet demonstrated the reliability or capacity needed for continuous orbital construction.
The plan requires not only recyclable rockets, but also very autonomous systems capable of controlling thermal regulation and communication between soil and circular clusters.
Bezos compared the ongoing AI wave with the dot-com era, which suggested that despite the risk of speculative “bubbles” AI’s societal effect will be lasting.
His remarks reflected both optimism and caution as he called for short -term market volatility not to hide the long -term promise of technology.
Via Pakinomist
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