Meta seeks to power data centers with energy beamed from space(latimes.com)
latimes.com
Meta seeks to power data centers with energy beamed from space
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2026-04-27/meta-seeks-to-power-data-centers-with-energy-beamed-from-space
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Interesting!
While space data centers are going up to seek energy, Meta’s goal is to pull energy back down to Earth, which is also a promising approach.
"The company is supporting the development of 10 new gas-fired plants for its biggest AI data center campus, which it is building in rural Louisiana."
But that doesn't make for a futuristic headline
But that doesn't make for a futuristic headline
Funny, I saw a company want to make satellites beam power from space to earth (TerraSpark) a few minutes ago (not an ad btw).