Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently acquired Relativity Space, and his plans for the company involve launching computing infrastructure into space.
Schmidt highlighted the increasing need for electricity to power data centers for AI development and applications during a House Committee hearing on the future of AI and US competitiveness.
Estimates suggest that data centers will require additional gigawatts of power in the coming years, with the demand expected to rise significantly by 2030.
Schmidt emphasized the scale of the energy demand for the industry and the significant power requirements of data centers, signaling his focus on space-based computing infrastructure.