Meta is planning to power its AI data centers with solar energy beamed from space. If it works, solar farms could produ…
By Rowan Cheung · AI Infra
Meta is planning to power its AI data centers with solar energy beamed from space. If it works, solar farms could produce power 24/7 without batteries or backup generators. The company behind it all is Overview Energy -- they want to launch 1,000 satellites into orbit, 22,000 miles above the equator, where sunlight is constant. For context, Meta's data centers used over 18,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity last year. Enough to power 1.7 million American homes for a year. Each satellite…