The writer is a science commentator
If ever there was proof that the race to feed the AI boom has become detached from reality, it came in a recent Google announcement that it would build a prototype solar-powered data centre in space.
Data centres are power-guzzling physical facilities that contain computing infrastructure; planning hurdles, local opposition and energy demands are now putting limits on how far and fast AI can scale. The idea of Project Suncatcher is to shift that infrastructure, and its associated headaches, into space.
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