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No one wants AI data centers on Earth. Do they make sense in space?
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- There is good reason for the skepticism, but the concept has potentially moved onto at least a more plausible path as a result of the SpaceX windfall.
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Following the astronomical success of the Space X IPO — raising $85.7 billion, valuing the newly public company in the trillions, and minting Elon Musk as the world's first trillionaire — what many skeptics still view as a pie-in-the-sky idea, building AI data centers in space, is coming into view. There is good reason for the skepticism, but the concept has potentially moved onto at least a more plausible path as a result of the SpaceX windfall.
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