SpaceX founder Elon Musk claimed at Davos that orbital data centers will be the lowest-cost AI option within two to three years, and SpaceX filed an FCC application for up to 1 million satellites. How…
Experts argue that orbital data centers, such as those proposed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Starcloud, are not viable due to immense engineering challenges, including cooling and mass constraints. A vid…
A wave of well-funded startups including Starcloud, Cowboy Space, and Orbital is racing to build AI data centers in low Earth orbit, aiming to solve AI's energy crisis with solar-powered compute clust…
SpaceX went public on June 12, 2026, with a valuation of $2.4 trillion, driven by plans to deploy orbital data centers for AI compute. The company aims to launch 100 gigawatts of compute power annuall…
Space-based data centers face significant economic and physical hurdles that Silicon Valley proponents often overlook, according to an aerospace analyst at ABI Research. A total-cost-of-ownership comp…