As SpaceX gears up to start launching orbital data center spacecraft as soon as next year, astronomers warn those satellites could cause serious interference with their observations.

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Elon Musk’s AI ecosystem spans xAI, Tesla, X, Neuralink, and SpaceX, connecting chatbots, robots, brain implants, and spacecraft.

The AI boom is ushering in a new era for energy storage. As data center buildout accelerates, batteries are evolving from short-duration backup tools into larger, more flexible systems that can help bring facilities online faster and manage complex power needs. In the US in particular, a growing pipeline of projects is emerging, with batteries increasingly paired with on-site generation or used to smooth demand and unlock faster connections to the grid. So how are data centers changing the energy storage market, and what role could these systems play in the power grid of the future? On today’s show, Tom Rowlands-Rees is joined by, Caitilín McManus, a technology and innovation associate at BloombergNEF, to discuss her recently released note “Data Centers’ Energy Storage Ramp Up: Project List Grows.”

A United Nations University report says AI data center growth carries environmental costs beyond carbon emissions, raising new questions about power demand, water use, land impact, and vendor disclosure.

Most of the value in SpaceX's IPO is effectively a call option on the company's ambitious space data center plans.

A Los Angeles-based startup has raised $5 million to fund an in-orbit computing demonstration next year, ahead of plans to deploy more than 100,000 orbital data centers to meet surging demand for AI infrastructure.

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The carmaker will follow Tesla in making components for large batteries used by electric utilities, data centers and other businesses to handle fluctuations in power supply and demand.

The carmaker will follow Tesla in making components for large batteries used by electric utilities, data centers and other businesses to handle fluctuations in power supply and demand.

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The prototype could bring steady power to remote sites and AI data centers.

Jensen Huang fechou em Seul uma série de acordos estratégicos com SK Hynix, SK Telecom, Naver, Doosan, LG e Hyundai, reforçando a aposta da Nvidia na Coreia do Sul como pilar central da sua expansão em IA e robótica.

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Face à l’explosion des besoins de calcul liés à l’intelligence artificielle, la Chine a mis en exploitation un data center sous-marin présenté comme le premier au monde à être alimenté par un parc éolien offshore, ce qui réduit la dépendance à l'eau douce et aux énergies fossiles.

Elon Musk’s rocket company said Google would pay it $920 million a month, as it prepared for its initial public offering.

This episode of Space Minds is from SpaceNews’ recent event on orbital data centers. There, Jeff Foust talks with talks with Founders Fund’s Delian Asparouhov about why he’s warming to […]

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China is establishing an industrial policy framework to support a push to build space-based computing infrastructure, with the emergence of influential coordinating bodies.

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The 27-nation European Union outlined how it hopes to expand the region’s data centers, semiconductors and cloud computing capabilities.

Muon Space announced a Starship-class satellite platform June 3 designed from the ground up to meet the demands of the emerging orbital data center market, with an initial launch slated for 2028 after securing customers.

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The rapid growth of data centers and the pursuit of artificial general intelligence (AGI) by global elites is driven by the desire to create man’s own god, using a massive assemblage of Silicon chips. But the creation of true intelligence requires an infinite knowledge base, which humans cannot create.

The world’s most valuable company is chasing Intel and Apple as it tries to bring A.I. agents to laptops and desktops.

NextEra’s proposed acquisition of Dominion Energy comes as Americans are paying a lot more for electricity, and data centers are demanding a lot more power from utilities.

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