SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype
Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers .
Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers .
The short version
- On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast , Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed Son’s remarks as part of a broader conversation that covered OpenAI’s plans for custom chips , chipmaker Groq’s new $650 million funding , and much more.
- Kirsten noted that it’s “very ironic” that Son is playing the skeptic here, given SoftBank’s “long history of wild bets.”
- Sean, meanwhile, said that when Musk talks about “making a constellation of satellites — satellites that need to be replaced every few years as well — to make up an ‘orbital data center,’” he’s just “guaranteeing that much more business” for SpaceX.
- Keep reading for a preview of our conversation, edited for length and clarity.
What happened
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Why it matters
Or whether you’re SpaceX, where your idea was: I’m gonna build an AI platform that’s gonna have an addressable market the size of U.S.
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