Launching an AI data center into space is mechanically unprecedented, costs astronomical amounts of money, and carries its own environmental risks.
In a tense vote on the Tucson City Council in arid Arizona last year, Councilwoman Nikki Lee asked her colleagues to listen with an open mind: “We’re going to get a little alien for a minute, so bear with me.” Like many of her constituents, Lee didn’t want Project Blue, a massive 300-acre data cente…
Launching an AI data center into space is mechanically unprecedented, costs astronomical amounts of money, and carries its own environmental risks.
In a tense vote on the Tucson City Council in arid Arizona last year, Councilwoman Nikki Lee asked her colleagues to listen with an open mind: “We’re going to get a little alien for a minute, so bear with me.” Like many of her constituents, Lee didn’t want Project Blue, a massive 300-acre data cente…