"On a new episode of Stripe co-founder Patrick Collison's podcast "Cheeky Pint," which also featured guest Dwarkesh Patel, Musk laid out the basic case for moving most of our AI computing power into space. Essentially, solar panels produce more power in space, so you can cut down on one of the main operating expenses for data centers. "It's harder to scale on the ground than it is to scale in space," Musk said in the podcast."
"On Wednesday, the FCC accepted the filing and set a schedule seeking public comment. It's a pro forma step normally, but FCC chairman Brendan Carr took the unusual step of sharing the filing on X. Throughout his tenure as chairman, Carr has shown himself eager to help Trump's friends and punish his enemies - so as long as Musk stays on Trump's good side, the proposal is likely to sail through without issue."
SpaceX filed with the FCC for a million-satellite network designed to host orbital AI data clusters, and the FCC accepted the filing and opened a public-comment schedule. SpaceX completed a formal merger with xAI, aligning space and AI ventures toward shared infrastructure. FCC chairman Brendan Carr publicly shared the filing, increasing the proposal's visibility and signaling likely regulatory ease given political alignment. Elon Musk publicly argued that solar panels generate about five times more power in space than on Earth, making orbital data centers potentially cheaper to power. Observers note that power is only one of several data-center operating costs and significant challenges remain.
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