SpaceX acquired xAI on Monday, forming a $1.25 trillion behemoth with the goal of sending data centers into space. They’re not alone either: Google and a host of startups like Lonestar, Axiom, and Nvidia-backed Starcloud are scrambling into the field. Endless solar power, free real estate, and most importantly, huge rockets! What more could you want?
It’s pure scam. The cooling problem alone makes it a non-starter, and everything else just makes it worse.
But it’s so easy to move data centers a square mile big and insanely hot into orbit and the vacuum of space! Sometimes in direct sun!