AWS CEO throws cold water on AI data centers in space

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AWS CEO Matt Garman said orbital data centers are "highly unlikely" to become "economically feasible or practical in the next decade or two."

AI data centers in space aren't taking off anytime soon, according to Amazon cloud chief Matt Garman. On an episode of the Sources Podcast released Tuesday, Garman cast doubt on the near-term prospect of orbital data centers, saying they are "highly unlikely to be economically feasible or practical in the next decade or two." Space-based data centers "sounds good," Garman said, because they could tap free energy in orbit, but explained rocket launches into space are still "relatively infrequent and expensive." "We as a world don't do one launch a day today," said Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services, adding, "We're landing in a data center today one GPU every 14 seconds." The idea of…

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