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🚀Google and SpaceX are reportedly discussing a future where data centers don’t sit on Earth at all but orbit it. According to The Wall Street Journal, the talks involve launching orbital AI/data-processing infrastructure into space, alongside SpaceX’s expected IPO plans later this year and its growing AI infrastructure ambitions. The bigger picture is wild: Instead of building massive energy-hungry server farms on Earth, Musk is pitching the idea of putting compute directly in orbit, potentially powered by constant solar energy and connected through satellite networks. At the same time, SpaceX is reportedly tied into broader AI infrastructure discussions involving Anthropic and xAI’s Memphis supercluster, with the possibility that future AI workloads could eventually expand into orbital compute systems. But there’s a catch. Recent reporting from TechCrunch says orbital data centers are still dramatically more expensive once you factor in satellite manufacturing, launch costs, maintenance, and hardware limitations. So right now, Earth-based hyperscale data centers still win economically. Still, the fact that Big Tech is even discussing orbital compute shows how fast the AI race is escalating. @aipost🏴