AWS CEO identifies major cost and rocket capacity barriers for space based data centers

Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman stated that orbital data centers remain impractical due to high costs and limited rocket capacity despite rising AI demand.

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matt garman, the chief executive officer of Amazon Web Services, told attendees at the Cisco Systems, Inc. CSCOCSCOAI Summit in San Francisco that space-based data centers are still pretty far from becoming a reality. Speaking at the industry event on Tuesday, the executive provided a cautious assessment of the emerging sector, noting that while the concept is being discussed throughout the cloud industry, significant logistical and financial hurdles remain.
FILE PHOTO: An Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Indiana, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Noah Berger for AWS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: An Amazon Web Services AI data center in New Carlisle, Indiana, U.S., October 3, 2025. REUTERS/Noah Berger for AWS/File Photo

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