Terrestrial-based data centers are power-constrained, land-intensive, and consume significant volumes of water for cooling. Space-based data centers are freed from these environmentally intensive and ...

A century-old vision of space-based solar power is being revived by tech billionaires, raising profound questions about the ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Jovana Radulovic, Head of School of Mechanical and ...

Elon Musk SpaceX AI satellites launch planned within two to three years as billionaire argues space offers lowest-cost AI ...

Solar power has become an important part of our civilization, especially in recent years, and it is presently crucial to our existence. Solar panel farms spread far and wide across the planet, on ...

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...

Britain is set to power its Antarctic Rothera Research Station with solar energy beamed from space. Large satellites will ...

Elon Musk is bringing the same revolutionary thinking that helped him upend the car industry to the data center business with ...

Solar panels positioned in space could be harnessed to continuously supply up to 80 per cent of Europe’s renewable energy by 2050, a new study says. Researchers from King’s College London estimate ...

But the quest continues for non-intermittent sources of low-carbon power — and one idea gaining traction is to launch solar panels into space, where they can harvest almost constant sunlight and beam ...

Solar farms could be deployed in space to help Britain hit net zero targets, according to a new report published by the Energy Department.

The company's modular computer tiles offer a new vision for space data centers.