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Data centers in space

2025/6/26
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Novosafo:随着人工智能的快速发展,数据中心的需求不断增长,但同时也面临着电力消耗和冷却系统等资源方面的挑战。将数据中心放置在太空,利用太空的广阔空间、太阳能和低温环境,可以有效解决这些问题。目前,一些初创公司正在积极探索这一方案,并得到了埃里克·施密特和杰夫·贝佐斯等科技界大佬的关注和支持。然而,太空数据中心的发展也面临着技术、成本和环境等多方面的挑战,需要克服许多科学难题。 Evan Robinson-Johnson:太空数据中心是传统数据中心的缩小版,但需要增加额外的太空保护和大型太阳能电池板。虽然太空数据中心可以从太阳获取不间断的电力,并帮助在卫星和地球之间传输数据,但每个优势都伴随着挑战和技术障碍。例如,在太空中散热需要使用散热器,并且需要更便宜的太空运输方式才能实现成本效益。此外,太空数据中心的大规模建设还会引发关于太空碎片、污染和视觉污染的问题。尽管面临诸多挑战,但太空数据中心在长期来看具有巨大的潜力,可以有效解决地球上数据中心面临的资源和环境问题。

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The increasing demand for data centers due to AI growth is causing environmental concerns. Startups are exploring the possibility of building data centers in space, leveraging solar power and a cold environment. This approach presents various advantages, but also significant technological challenges.
  • Growing AI utilization leads to larger data centers and increased energy consumption.
  • Startups like StarCloud and Axiom Space are developing space-based data centers.
  • Space-based data centers offer benefits like non-stop solar power and potential solutions for data transmission from satellites.

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Demand for data centers continues to grow everywhere, but their environmental impacts are causing some to consider a different option: build them in space, where there's lots of room, solar power and a cold environment. Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Evan Robinson-Johnson, business reporter at The Information, to learn more.