SpaceX has identified orbital data centers as a central component of its future business strategy, moving beyond its traditional focus on rockets and spacecraft. The company envisions launching and maintaining a constellation of 1 million satellites designed to generate 120 gigawatts of power to support tens of millions of frontier-class GPUs, with potential capacity to reach up to 100 million GPUs for data center services.
The project represents a significant shift in how SpaceX plans to generate value, placing orbital infrastructure at the core of its long-term vision rather than relying primarily on launch and spacecraft operations. Building and maintaining such a constellation in orbit presents substantial technical and logistical challenges that remain to be fully addressed.
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