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Google's data center energy head says space data centers cost up to 100x more than Earth-based ones, and US power supply is sufficient but permits are slow (Amir Efrati/The Information)

From The Information: Google's data center energy head says space data centers cost up to 100x more than Earth-based ones, and US power supply is sufficient but permits are slow — Data centers in space could cost up to 100 times as much as those on Earth, Google's head of data center energy said this week …

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Sunday, November 1, 2026, ranked 19
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Google's energy head puts numbers on space data centers and US permitting.
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AI, Infrastructure
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Inside Inner Mongolia, China's fastest-growing AI data center region, where construction is accelerating with low building cost and no public backlash (opens newsletter.semianalysis.com)

Inside Inner Mongolia, China's fastest-growing AI data center region, where construction is accelerating with low building cost and no public backlash — A wind-powered 800MW campus, 120MW built within a year, a 5MW SST-native 800V DC pilot and a cooling design without central chillers

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Google's data center energy head says space data centers cost up to 100x more than Earth-based ones, and US power supply is sufficient but permits are slow (Amir Efrati/The Information) · Keeping Up with Silicon Valley