'We've got a pretty good idea of how to operate, just really large constellations, and do it safely now, right? We are the only operator that has any experience of that scale.'
Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk outlined more details for his company’s planned data centers in space ahead of a widely anticipated IPO on Thursday expected to make him a trillionaire.on Monday , Musk described launching AI satellites, with"a lot of solar cells", as well as radiators and high-speed optical links for communication.
SpaceX also expects to launch an AI-satellite-focused production facility by the end of next year, to be"operating at some reasonable volume," Musk said.
"So, if anybody wants to work on AI satellites, this is kind of going to become the hub of that. " The common pitch among these companies is that space is necessary to generate AI capabilities because data centers on Earth are running out of physical space to host them, as well as lacking community support out of concerns about significant power and water usage by these big computing hubs.
The challenge is that orbital data centers are mostly notional, and not actually demonstrated by operating tech — at least yet. But SpaceX is confident it can develop the necessary technologies to make anSpaceX is developing already possess a lot of the tech needed to advance to AI centers, according to Musk.
"A lot of this technology, we've already made for the Starlink V3 satellites," he said. "Basically, we don't think this is a super-hard problem, compared to things we already do. " Musk described"racks of compute" that would connect with each other through laser links between the AI satellites, as well as with Starlinks.
The data could be sent to the ground using antennas, or laser links at"not a particularly high latency" . Each AI satellite, Musk said, would generate 150 kW of power at peak, and 120 kW consistently, and would launch aboard SpaceX's heavy-lift Super Heavy and Starship vehicles the company is stillhave emerged about Starlink satellites having to maneuver away from each other or from other spacecraft.
, Ph. D., was a staff writer in the spaceflight channel between 2022 and 2024 specializing in Canadian space news.
She was contributing writer for Space.com for 10 years from 2012 to 2024. Elizabeth's reporting includes multiple exclusives with the White House, leading world coverage about a lost-and-found space tomato on the International Space Station, witnessing five human spaceflight launches on two continents, flying parabolic, working inside a spacesuit, and participating in a simulated Mars mission. Her latest book,"Why Am I Taller? " is co-written with astronaut Dave Williams.
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