"The system, which could be launched via the company's reusable Starship rocket, would serve as a lower-cost and more environmentally friendly alternative to land-based data centers, the filing states. Instead of requiring cooling systems that use large volumes of water like those on land, the network would rely on radiative cooling that occurs in space, which allows for the dissipation of heat. It would also reduce the need to rely on batteries, since it would acquire energy from the sun, according to the filing."
"SpaceX is requesting permission to launch as many as 1 million satellites into the Earth's orbit in order to pull off Elon Musk's latest grand vision of putting data centers in space to do complex computing for artificial intelligence. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission made late Friday, SpaceX said it's creating the solar-powered network in order to "accommodate the explosive growth of data demands driven by AI.""
"Launching a constellation of a million satellites that operate as orbital data centers is a first step towards becoming a Kardashev II-level civilization - one that can harness the Sun's full power - while supporting AI-driven applications for billions of people today and ensuring humanity's multi-planetary future amongst the stars,"
SpaceX requested FCC permission to launch up to one million solar-powered satellites to operate as orbital data centers for complex artificial intelligence computing. The network would accommodate explosive growth in AI-driven data demands and could be launched using the reusable Starship rocket. Orbital data centers would rely on radiative cooling in space, reducing the need for large water-based cooling systems and batteries by harvesting solar energy. Satellites would use laser links for inter-satellite communication and operate between roughly 500 km and 2,000 km altitude to maintain near-constant sunlight. SpaceX is exploring an xAI merger while eyeing an IPO, consolidating AI, satellite, and launch capabilities.
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