Will We Put Data Centers in Space?

First reported by Business Insider at Fri 4:00 AM · 10 outlets in all

1. Hacker News1hWill We Put Data Centers in Space?
2. Washington Examiner6hThe anti-data center activist helping China keep Maryland poorFirst built in 1972, the Landover Mall once featured a Hecht’s, a Sears, a Woolworth’s, and a six-screen movie theater. But by 1998, the Sears and Woolworth’s were gone, and after the Hecht’s closed in 2002, the mall was abandoned entirely before being demolished in 2006. The 90-acre plot has since sat completely empty for
3. Fortune(subscription required)8hMeet ‘Captain Keel,’ the 37-year-old steering a Bitcoin miner into the AI data center gold rushBen Gagnon is turning Bitfarms into Keel Infrastructure, swapping crypto for the one thing AI giants can’t get enough of: power.
4. Yahoo Sports14hBlazers unlikely to reach Moda Center deal with Portland by next month, putting funding at risk
5. Yahoo Finance20hFed says it's monitoring the data center build-out for risks to the financial system
6. Crypto Briefing22hAmazon reportedly revives deal with Rick Perry-backed data center venture Fermi AmericaThe revived talks could stabilize Fermi's financial outlook, but execution risks and governance issues remain critical challenges to address.
7. TechCrunch22hThis young startup wants to power floating data centers with the ocean’s heat, and investors are already on boardDrogue is harvesting heat from the ocean to power data centers on floating vessels. The first prototype should be bobbing around the ocean, crunching bits, in less than two years.
8. CNBC26hWhy the data center slowdown concern is overblown. Two stocks to buy amid the fearNot one utility CEO we spoke with at the EEI conference is anticipating a slowdown in electricity growth expectations.
9. Los Angeles Times(subscription required)31hEven business-friendly Vernon is souring on data centersJust south of downtown L.A., the anti-data center pushback has reached Vernon, amidst pressure from LAUSD and neighbors over diesel pollution.
10. Business Insider(subscription required)32hAWS CEO throws cold water on AI data centers in spaceAWS CEO Matt Garman said orbital data centers are "highly unlikely" to become "economically feasible or practical in the next decade or two."