New Report Urges Caution in the Race for Space-Based Data Centers
The report warns that space-based data centers are likely to become a reality within the next few years—well before the risks of large-scale deployment can be fully understood.
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Zachary Byrum is a research analyst at the World Resources Institute, where he explores options for deep decarbonization in industry, such as carbon capture and storage and low-carbon fuels. Previously, he was a research assistant in CGEP’s Carbon Management Research Initiative while studying to obtain his master of public administration in environmental science and policy at SIPA. In that role, he provided support on technology and policy analysis for emission abatement and carbon capture and storage. Before that, he came from an economics and policy background, working as an assistant analyst at the Congressional Budget Office and an intern in the White House’s National Economic Council under President Obama, after receiving his bachelor of arts from Goucher College.
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