<p class="">As the stress caused by AI data centres becomes <a href="https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!technology/billions-of-ai-prompts-billions-in-energy-costs-the-planet-pays-as-data-centres-heat-up-enn25091103193">too big to ignore</a>, the industry has finally started to look at possible ways to mitigate the risks. One such remedy is akin to a sci-fi movie plot where we <a href="https://www.etvbharat.com/en/technology/data-centre-in-space-part-1-why-the-ai-industry-wants-to-take-the-cloud-into-orbit-enn26072805343">take the compute to outer space</a> and harness the energy of the sun to power the workload. From American companies like Google, Axiom Space, Starcloud and xAI to Indian startups such as Agnikul and TakeMe2Space, a growing number of organisations believe the concept deserves serious consideration.</p> <div class="lb-pasted-embed mceNonEditable"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid02GYaRuc6jicGs5s41yRzQmBawhr6TnwEui7vGHh8uZ4tUwADcpV6z1FJck5noiDiMl%26id%3D100089777664555&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="614" style="border: none;overflow: hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></div> <p class="">According to <a href="https://starcloudinc.github.io/wp.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noindex noopener">Starcloud's white paper</a>, gigawatt-scale orbital data centres represent one of the most ambitious space projects ever proposed. It attributes their feasibility to four major trends: declining launch costs, rising electricity demand, the rapid growth of AI compute requirements, and increasingly affordable satellite connectivity. The company believes orbital data centres are both economically viable and necessary to support AI's long-term growth sustainably.</p> <div class="lb-pasted-embed mceNonEditable"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vXvT2HhNh_0?si=fE0Ya6WxxcsUV0H0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></div> <div id="composePlaceHolder" class="composePlaceHolder "> <div class="dropcontiner "></div> </div>