Data centers store and process massive amounts of information for companies, websites and governments, but on Earth they have limitations. That’s why several companies are trying a sci-fi approach, hoping to put these critical information storing centers on the Moon or in orbit.
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00:00data centers store and process massive amounts of information for companies websites and governments
00:08but on earth they have limitations that's why several organizations are trying a sci-fi approach
00:14hoping to put these critical information storing centers on the moon or in orbit just last month
00:19monstar data holdings tested the concept on a micro scale in association with spacex and
00:24intuitive machines putting a tiny data center on the moon aside from the obvious data security
00:29that a lunar based data center would have it would also have constant access to free and unlimited
00:34solar power according to global management consulting firm mckinsey data processing sites
00:38will see upwards of a 22 increase in demand by 2030 due to ai on earth data centers are starting to see
00:45pushback over environmental concerns electricity and water use all of which would be solved with
00:50off-world data centers other companies have suggested orbiting data centers instead however
00:56for any of these ideas to be green long-term rocket emissions must become at least 10 times cleaner
01:01and that's just one hurdle cooling these data centers in zero gravity is a problem as well
01:06as convection and conduction rely on gravity to move heat