US Media: Bezos and Musk Compete to Bring Data Centers into Space

Jinse Finance reported, citing The Wall Street Journal, that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are competing to bring the multi-trillion-dollar data center boom into space orbit. According to informed sources, Bezos' Blue Origin has had a team researching the technology required for orbital AI data centers for more than a year. Meanwhile, according to people involved in the discussions, Musk's SpaceX plans to use an upgraded version of its Starlink satellites to carry AI computing payloads and is offering this technology as part of a stock sale, which could value the company at $800 billions. It is reported that deploying satellites with powerful AI computing capabilities will face daunting engineering challenges and raise serious questions about the costs required to send large numbers of such devices into orbit. Nevertheless, the concept continues to deeply attract many leaders dedicated to the fields of artificial intelligence and aerospace technology.