… The model has prominent skeptics: OpenAI's Sam Altman called orbital data centers "ridiculous" earlier this year. …
In Brief Posted: 10:30 AM PDT · May 12, 2026 Rebecca Bellan Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit Google and SpaceX are in talks to launch orbital data centers in space, reports The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter. …
Google is reportedly considering working with SpaceX on orbital data centers By Igor Bonifacic May 12, 2026 2:51 pm EST Google is in negotiations with SpaceX to secure the company's help in its own nascent effort to put orbital data centers in space, reports The Wall Street Journal . …
… The fight over massive AI data center projects in places like Utah shows how quickly “the cloud” can become a local zoning, water and environmental issue. Why space is appealing The basic appeal of orbital data centers is solar power. …
… The economics of an orbiting data center would benefit from always-available solar power, even considering the relative difficulty in cooling the rack units. …
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Elon Musk reveals SpaceX's 230-foot-wide orbital AI data center satellite ahead of IPO
… MORE CONTEXT SpaceX wants to fill Earth orbit with a million datacenter satellites Bezos plan for solar powered datacenters is out of this world… literally Google imagines out of this world AI - running on orbital datacenters Orbital datacenters subject to launch stress, nasty space weather, and ex… …
… But NVIDIA isn't alone in the race to build AI data centers in outer space. Elon Musk's SpaceXAI has also partnered with Anthropic to build a multi-Gigawatt "Orbital" AI data center . …
… Cowboy Space Company, another space data center startup backed by a16z, recently decided to start building its own rockets . Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin also announced plans to launch data centers into space using its New Glenn launch vehicle. …
