Jeff Bezos says data centres should be built in space "because we have solar power there, 24/7". Photo: AP PHOTO

Amazon founder and executive chair Jeff Bezos says gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years, predicting they will eventually outperform earth-based ones thanks to the abundance of uninterrupted solar energy.

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The number of these enormous centres, which store computing infrastructure, is growing exponentially as the world increasingly uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing, driving a surge in demand for electricity and wate

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