{"id":209870,"date":"2026-02-04T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/elon-musks-bold-new-plan-to-put-ai-in-orbit-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-sounds\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T06:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T11:45:17","slug":"elon-musks-bold-new-plan-to-put-ai-in-orbit-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/04\/elon-musks-bold-new-plan-to-put-ai-in-orbit-isnt-as-crazy-as-it-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s bold new plan to put AI in orbit isn\u2019t as crazy as it sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elon Musk\u2019s bold new plan to put AI in orbit isn\u2019t as crazy as it sounds<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/04\/business\/elon-musk-orbiting-ai-data-center-plans<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-02-04 05:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\n Elon Musk believes the best way to solve the difficulties of building AI data centers on earth is to move them into outer space. His merger this week of his rocket company SpaceX with his artificial intelligence company xAI could help get them there.\n <\/p>\n

\n And he isn\u2019t the only one thinking that way.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe only logical solution\u2026is to transport these resource-intensive efforts to a location with vast power and space. I mean space is called \u2018space\u2019 for a reason,\u2019\u201d Musk wrote Monday when announcing the merger.\n <\/p>\n

\n Musk has successfully launched ambitious projects before, like developing mass market electric vehicles and creating reusable rocket engines to carry people and cargo into space. This time, Google, OpenAI and others are also looking to create data centers in space\n <\/p>\n

\n AI data centers\u2019 huge demand for both power and water means growing AI technology will require alternatives.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe are tending to exceed the ability to generate the power (needed),\u201d said David Bader, distinguished professor of data science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. \u201cI think it is a necessity for looking not on terrestrial ground but looking to space to provide some of these solutions.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Space offers better access to solar energy, and the environment also keeps the tech cool and bypasses the need for land.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThere are clearly technical challenges to making this a viable endeavor, but these seem to be engineering constraints as opposed to physics,\u201d said a Deutsche Bank Research analyst note on orbital AI data centers last month, noting that many companies were exploring ways to make it work.\n <\/p>\n

\n Google announced plans in November to test orbital AI data centers by launching two test satellites as early as next…<\/p>\n

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