Data centres are controversial: will launching them into space help?

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Companies have proposed launching fleets of satellites into orbit that would act similar to data centres on Earth.Credit: NicoElNino/Alamy

As the huge data centres powering the artificial-intelligence boom grow ever more unpopular on Earth, companies are planning to launch them into space.

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