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Above the Iceberg: Why Elon Musk's Orbital Data Centers Are the Most Audacious Answer to the AI Infrastructure Problem

SpaceX filed to launch a million compute satellites. Space is 3–4x more expensive than the ground today, and that may not be the point.

June 2026 · 10 min read

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  5. Also answersIs the industrial revolution analogy useful or misleading?
    What happens to public trust when anything can be fabricated?
    Should schools be teaching something different?
    Which places win, and which get left behind?

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