PARIS, France – Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space company Blue Origin, has proposed relocating heavily polluting industries to the Moon as part of a long-term strategy to preserve Earth’s environment.
Speaking at the VivaTech technology conference in Paris on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, Bezos said moving high-emission industries into space could help restore Earth’s environment and maintain it as the best place for human life.
According to Bezos, one of the first sectors that could be shifted into space is the infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence, particularly large data centers that require enormous amounts of energy and computing power.
The billionaire also dismissed concerns that artificial intelligence will eliminate jobs. Instead, he argued that the technology will create new industries and increase demand for workers, potentially leading to labor shortages in the future.
The vision aligns closely with Blue Origin’s broader ambitions of building infrastructure beyond Earth. The company recently sought authorization from U.S. regulators to deploy approximately 50,000 satellites to support data storage and communication services.
Blue Origin has also secured multi-billion-dollar contracts with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop spacecraft capable of transporting people and cargo to the Moon before the end of the decade.
However, the company’s space ambitions recently suffered a setback when its New Glenn rocket exploded during a test operation in Florida, causing significant damage to costly infrastructure.
Despite the incident, Blue Origin has indicated that repairs are underway and that launch operations are expected to resume before the end of the year.
Bezos’ proposal reflects an increasingly ambitious vision of humanity’s future in space—one in which Earth is preserved as a residential planet while heavy industry gradually expands beyond it.