Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a rare public appearance at Italian Tech Week in Turin on Friday, where he boldly predicted that millions of people will live in space within the next few decades, according to the Financial Times. Speaking alongside John Elkann of Italy’s Agnelli family, the Blue Origin founder emphasized that people will choose to live in space “mostly because they want to.” He envisioned robots handling labor-intensive tasks while massive AI data centers operate in orbit.
Bezos’ remarks appear to challenge his space race rival, Elon Musk, who has long championed the colonization of Mars, projecting a million residents by 2050. The competing visions of these billionaires have sparked speculation about the feasibility of their ambitious timelines.
Bezos also expressed optimism about the ongoing AI investment surge , calling it a “good” industrial bubble, distinct from speculative financial bubbles. “There has never been a better time to be excited about the future,” he declared, underscoring his bullish outlook on technology and space exploration.
Data centres in space
Jeff Bezos also predicted that gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years and that continuously available solar energy meant they would eventually outperform those based on Earth. The concept of orbital data centres has gained traction among tech giants as those on Earth have driven up demand for electricity and water to cool their servers.
"These giant training clusters, those will be better built in space, because we have solar power there, 24/7. There are no clouds and no rain, no weather," Bezos said in a public conversation with Ferrari and Stellantis Chairman John Elkann.
"We will be able to beat the cost of terrestrial data centres in space in the next couple of decades."
Bezos said the shift to space infrastructure is part of a broader trend of using Space to improve life on Earth.
Bezos’ remarks appear to challenge his space race rival, Elon Musk, who has long championed the colonization of Mars, projecting a million residents by 2050. The competing visions of these billionaires have sparked speculation about the feasibility of their ambitious timelines.
Bezos also expressed optimism about the ongoing AI investment surge , calling it a “good” industrial bubble, distinct from speculative financial bubbles. “There has never been a better time to be excited about the future,” he declared, underscoring his bullish outlook on technology and space exploration.
Data centres in space
Jeff Bezos also predicted that gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years and that continuously available solar energy meant they would eventually outperform those based on Earth. The concept of orbital data centres has gained traction among tech giants as those on Earth have driven up demand for electricity and water to cool their servers.
"These giant training clusters, those will be better built in space, because we have solar power there, 24/7. There are no clouds and no rain, no weather," Bezos said in a public conversation with Ferrari and Stellantis Chairman John Elkann.
"We will be able to beat the cost of terrestrial data centres in space in the next couple of decades."
Bezos said the shift to space infrastructure is part of a broader trend of using Space to improve life on Earth.
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