Billionaires want data centers everywhere, including space

The Verge
By Elissa WelleDec 17, 2025, 5:48 pm198 pts
Tech billionaires have been obsessed with space for a long time. Now, as the largest AI companies race to build more data centers in a frenzied pursuit of profitability, space is looking less like a pet project and more like a commercial opportunity. In 2025 alone, six proposals for giant AI data centers…

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