A typical AI-focused data centre consumes as much electricity as 100,000 homes; that demand has helped trigger a race to put computing clusters into orbit, where companies argue that near-continuous sunlight could eliminate the utility bill — though the solar – Space Daily

AI-focused data centers consume electricity equivalent to that of approximately 100,000 homes, driving interest in alternative hosting solutions. Companies are pursuing orbital deployment of computing clusters, citing near-continuous sunlight in space as a potential means to reduce or eliminate energy costs through solar power generation.

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