OpenAI's Sam Altman calls SpaceX's ambitious space data center plans "ridiculous" while Elon Musk pushes for orbital AI ...

While in New Delhi on Friday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said "there will come a time" for orbital data centers, but it won't be ...

As SpaceX founder Elon Musk begins laying the groundwork for a Starlink-powered data center in orbit, his AI billionaire nemesis expressed skepticism over the need to establish orbital data centers ...

Elon Musk is bringing the same revolutionary thinking that helped him upend the car industry to the data center business with ...

Surging demand for energy to power artificial intelligence (AI) data centers is reaching new heights as companies are pursuing plans to station data centers in space. Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon ...

Prime Data Center in Vernon, Calif. on Dec. 25, 2025. Prime Data Center in Vernon, Calif. on Dec. 25, 2025.Los Angeles Times—Getty Images Editor at Large Data centers are hot. Literally. In the U.S., ...

China plans to build space-based data centers as part of its space+ initiative, signaling a major shift in digital infrastructure beyond Earth.

Elon Musk believes that space is the answer to the AI data center energy problem. SpaceX says it is hiring "many engineers" to make it happen.

Focus on grand ideas is fine, but there’s a long way to get these ideas into orbit - even with Jeff or Elon’s resources ...

Data centers are hot. Literally. In the U.S., data centers burn through more than 4% of total annual energy consumption, says the Pew Research Center—a figure that is expected to grow by more than 130 ...