Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has a bold vision for the future: massive data centers floating in space. He predicts we’ll start building these gigawatt-scale facilities within the next 10 to 20 years. And get this—they could soon outshine the ones on Earth, all thanks to endless solar power up there.
Data centers, which power everything from cloud computing to artificial intelligence, are exploding in size and number worldwide. AI and cloud services are driving huge spikes in electricity use and the need for water to cool all those humming servers. But space could change the game.
During a casual fireside chat at the Italian Tech Week in Turin, Bezos shared his thoughts with Ferrari and Stellantis Chairman John Elkann. “We’re going to start building these giant gigawatt data centers in space,” he said. “These giant training clusters will be better built in space because we have solar power there, 24/7. No clouds, no rain, no weather.”
Bezos isn’t alone in eyeing the stars for tech solutions. Big companies see space-based data centers as a way to tackle Earth’s mounting energy demands. With constant sunlight, these orbital hubs could slash costs compared to ground-based ones in just a couple of decades, he added.
This push fits into a bigger picture of space boosting life on our planet. Think about it—we already rely on satellites for weather forecasts and global communications. “The next step is data centers and then other kinds of manufacturing,” Bezos explained.
Of course, it’s not all smooth sailing. Launching rockets to space comes with sky-high costs, and there’s the hassle of repairs, upgrades, and the ever-present risk of launch failures. Still, as AI demand surges, Bezos’ space data center dream could reshape how we handle our tech-hungry world.
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