SpaceX acquires xAI in a bid to make orbiting data centers a reality — Musk plans to launch a million tons of satellites annually, targets 1TW/year of space-based compute capacity
Published: (February 3, 2026 at 07:54 AM EST)
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Source: Tom's Hardware
Source: Tom’s Hardware
Summary
Elon Musk merges SpaceX and xAI to help achieve his dreams of putting AI data centers in orbit, with a goal of hitting 100 gigawatts of compute in space.