What is the news?
Billionaire Elon Musk believes that data centers built for Artificial Intelligence (AI) will prove to be much cheaper in space than on Earth. According to Musk, rising power, space and infrastructure costs on the ground are making AI expensive. In such a situation, running an AI system by making full use of solar energy in space can be a better and economical option in the future, which will make computing possible on a large scale.
What is Elon Musk’s plan?
Musk wants to build a large network of AI data centers roaming in space. Under this scheme, millions of satellites will remain in orbit and do AI computing with solar power. Musk says that solar panels in space generate many times more electricity than on Earth. This will reduce the cost of training and running AI and large models can be operated easily.
What was done to take the plan forward?
Space-X has also made an official filing with the American regulator FCC regarding this plan. Complete information about the Orbital AI Computing Network is given in these documents. The FCC has accepted this proposal and opened it for public comment. Apart from this, Musk also talked openly about this plan on podcasts and social media, which made it clear that this is not just an idea but a serious preparation.
Challenges
Challenges, criticism and further picture
Some experts have also raised questions regarding this scheme. He says that repair, cooling and maintenance of GPU in space will not be easy. Despite this, Musk claims that space will become the cheapest place for AI in the coming three to five years. If this plan is successful, then in the future AI data centers may be seen working not on Earth, but in orbit above our heads.
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