Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up
There’s about to be a big fight to secure access to space.
There’s about to be a big fight to secure access to space.
Google and SpaceX are in talks to build data centers in orbit, pitching space as the future home for AI compute, even as costs today remain far higher than on the ground.
Most of the value in SpaceX’s IPO is effectively a call option on the company’s ambitious space data center plans.
Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.