terrestrial
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Musk plans to put AI data centers in orbit, believing they will be cheaper than terrestrial data centers in a few years.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Musk plans to put AI data centers in orbit, believing they will be cheaper than terrestrial data centers in a few years.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"A lot of people think of dinosaurs as sort of the mammal equivalents in the Mesozoic era, since they're both the dominant terrestrial animals of their respective time periods," Holtz said.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026
“Global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions, even in the near term, without imposing hardship on communities and the environment,” Musk said in a memo published Monday.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
Human involvement can easily explain why the wave of extinction obliterated the terrestrial megafauna of Australia while sparing that of the nearby oceans.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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