"While putting AI data centers in space has obvious benefits, including the ability to harness energy directly from the sun and the ability to cool the heat-generating equipment in the cold atmosphere of space, Garman said there are also some big obstacles to putting data centers in space or on other planets. Chief among them is the cost of transporting equipment."
"The comments come one day after Musk announced the merger of SpaceX, his rocket company, with his AI company, xAI, in a deal that reportedly values the combined companies at a staggering $1.25 billion. "The capabilities we unlock by making space-based data centers a reality will fund and enable self-growing bases on the Moon, an entire civilization on Mars, and ultimately expansion to the Universe," Musk wrote in a blog post Monday announcing the deal."
Space-based AI data centers offer benefits such as direct solar power and passive cooling in cold space environments, but face major obstacles, chiefly the high cost of transporting heavy server equipment and the absence of permanent structures in space. Modern AI data centers span millions of square feet and require reinforced concrete slabs to support dense, heat-generating hardware. A recent merger between a rocket company and an AI company reportedly values the combined firms at $1.25 billion, with claims that space-based data centers could fund lunar and Martian bases. A rocket company has launched thousands of internet satellites and plans far larger constellation launches.
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