https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-and-google-negotiating-deal-to-launch-data-centers-into-space/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:29:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-and-google-negotiating-deal-to-launch-data-centers-into-space/#comment-1631751 Tue, 12 May 2026 20:29:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=123648#comment-1631751 Makes sense. Google/Alphabet is a major AI player and faces the same siting, power and regulatory limitations as every other company attempting major terrestrial AI data center projects. SpaceX has a way to dodge around all of those limitations and can certainly deploy capacity capable of handling the needs of others as well as its own. These talks tell the market that AI data centers in orbit can be profitable almost as soon as they are launched, just like Starlink but with an even quicker payoff. That will support a fat asking price for shares when the IPO occurs.

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