SpaceX says unproven AI space data centers may not be commercially viable(reuters.com)
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SpaceX says unproven AI space data centers may not be commercially viable
https://www.reuters.com/world/spacex-says-unproven-ai-space-data-centers-may-not-be-commercially-viable-filing-2026-04-21/
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> Exclusive: SpaceX says unproven AI space data centers may not be commercially viable, filing shows
> SpaceX's S-1 filing highlights risks of unproven space-based AI and interplanetary projects
journalism pet peeve: it should be illegal to put "exclusive" in your headline when the reporting is based on a public document that the company is required by law to file
> SpaceX's S-1 filing highlights risks of unproven space-based AI and interplanetary projects
journalism pet peeve: it should be illegal to put "exclusive" in your headline when the reporting is based on a public document that the company is required by law to file
Yea no kidding. there is just no way we could make the math work on upkeep, let alone energy required to power them.
Launch costs, unrepairable once in-orbit, more expensive hardware to withstand space and radiation, the engineering problem of dissipating heat into space (check out how ISS does it), latency and cost to get data sent back Earth. "May" not be commercially viable? None of it is commercially viable from first principles.