Bezos Predicts Millions Living Space AI Data Centers Decades

At Italian Tech Week in Turin, Jeff Bezos forecasted that millions of people will be living in space within the next couple of decades, driven largely by human desire and facilitated by robots performing labor and AI-powered data centers floating overhead. He positioned this vision alongside Elon Musk's Mars colonization plans, suggesting a competitive push in space ambitions between the two billionaires. Bezos also highlighted the ongoing AI investment surge as a positive, industrial bubble rather than just financial speculation. Beyond population growth in space, Bezos outlined plans for gigawatt-scale orbital data centers that leverage uninterrupted solar power and optimal cooling conditions, which could outperform terrestrial data centers and alleviate Earth's rising energy demands. This vision is supported by Bezos's aerospace company Blue Origin, which has made significant strides with the launch of its New Glenn rocket and Blue Ring spacecraft platform designed for in-space cloud computing. Bezos emphasized that this long-term space infrastructure development reflects a transformative future for technology and human habitation beyond Earth.