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The Economist
The Economist
9 Apr 2025


NextImg:Could data centres ever be built in orbit?
Science & technology | Cyber in space

Could data centres ever be built in orbit?

A startup called Starcloud has plans to do just that

WHERE IS THE best place to build a data centre? Not on Earth at all, but in orbit, claims Philip Johnston, chief executive of Starcloud. The cost of launching things into space is falling fast, and once it has fallen far enough “It’s completely inevitable that all data centres will go into space,” he says.

An illustration showing a brain-shaped circuit board with organic green plants growing from the left and geometric thorny flowers growing from the right. The left and right sides of the illustration are coloured with light and dark palettes respectively.

The tricky task of calculating AI’s energy use

Making models less thirsty may not lessen their environmental impact

A thoughtful robot sitting on a rock, resembling The Thinker, with a question mark above its head

Researchers lift the lid on how reasoning models actually “think”

They plan sentences far in advance. They also bullshit themselves when reasoning out loud


This illustration depicts a surreal, anthropomorphic clock with facial features. The clock face includes eyes, a nose, and lips arranged along the clock hands, giving it a whimsical and expressive look.

How Daylight Saving Time affects your sleep and diet

This annual time shift has long-lasting effects on health


Motors in the wheels take EVs further

Simpler to build, lighter and extra range

What does space miso taste like?

It should make the diets of astronauts more interesting

Mitochondria transplants could cure diseases and lengthen lives

A technique that may create a new field of medicine