TECHNOLOGY

Power and electrical equipment companies moved higher in early trading after The Information reported Tuesday evening that Meta Platforms is in discussions to build a new artificial intelligence data center campus that "would dwarf anything the company has done to date" and be the largest project of its kind, with costs potentially exceeding $200 billion. 

A person familiar with the plans said Meta has been speaking with developers about potentially opening the data (more…)

The global space economy reached $596 billion in 2024 and is projected to grow to $944 billion by 2033.

This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, illustrates the size of the space economy as of December 2024, based on data compiled by Novaspace.

The space economy includes government agencies and companies involved in the production and launch of satellites and spacecraft, data generation, Earth-based infrastructure, R&D programs, and more. (more…)

Firefly Aerospace's "Blue Ghost" lander became the first private spacecraft to successfully land on the Moon after descending from lunar orbit early Sunday morning.

Firefly confirmed on X around 0336 ET that the 6.6-foot-tall lander "stuck the landing" and "became the first commercial company in history to achieve a fully successful Moon landing. This small step on the Moon represents a giant leap in commercial exploration," adding this (more…)