""I honestly think the idea with the current landscape of putting data centers in space is ridiculous," Altman said during a live interview with local media in New Delhi on Friday, causing audience members to laugh. Altman said that orbital data centers could "make sense someday," but factors like launch costs and the difficulty of repairing a computer chip in space remain overwhelming obstacles. "We are not there yet," Altman added. "There will come a time. Space is great for a lot of things. Orbital data centers are not something that's going to matter at scale this decade.""
"Musk would almost certainly disagree. While many Big Tech and AI companies are spending billions on data center construction on Earth, Musk's eyes are on the stars, per usual. Orbital data centers are his latest ambition, as he mentioned in an all-hands xAI meeting in December. In February, SpaceX said its goal is to launch a "constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers." The company has already begun hiring engineers to make that happen."
Elon Musk and SpaceX plan to deploy orbital data centers via a constellation of satellites, targeting as many as a million satellites and hiring engineers to build the system. SpaceX's acquisition of xAI is intended to accelerate deployment. Sam Altman called current attempts to place data centers in orbit "ridiculous," saying orbital data centers could "make sense someday" but are not feasible at scale this decade due to high launch costs and the difficulty of repairing hardware in space. Many Big Tech firms continue large investments in terrestrial data centers while projects like Google's Project Suncatcher aim to pursue space-based options.
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