The challenge of building data centers might have an outer space solution.
Researchers have been exploring the idea of launching data centers aboard earth orbiting satellites for years. University of Arizona engineering scientist Krishna Muralidharan explains satellites of various sizes could store data safely in space without impacting natural resources on Earth.
"It’s not one data center, we probably would have more satellites, nano-satellites, and in different orbits as well, depending on how important the data is,” he said.
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