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Elon Musk has made the impossible work. But AI data centers in space won't be easy

Quartz / 17 June 2026 / 17h ago
Elon Musk has made the impossible work. But AI data centers in space won't be easy
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Elon Musk built Tesla and SpaceX by riding cost curves down. Orbital data centers need the same collapse, but terrestrial rivals keep getting cheaper
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