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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
(Tom Worthington)
2. Re: Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
(Kim Holburn)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:52:55 +1100
From: Tom Worthington <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data
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On 2/17/26 14:23, Antony Barry wrote:
> Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers techcrunch.com ...
>
> Musk argues that solar panels produce more power in space, making it cheaper
> ...
For the cost of putting a solar panel into orbit you could have 100 on
the ground. Is that really worth doing?
Or are orbiting data centers just a cover for weapons platforms?
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Tom Worthington, http://www.tomw.net.au
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:33:17 +1100
From: Kim Holburn <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data
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https://theintercept.com/2026/01/12/data-centers-space-ai/
Why Is Everyone Suddenly Talking About Putting Data Centers in Space?
Space is cold and has abundant solar energy ? the very things data centers
need. Experts tell us it?s not that simple.
But large questions remain: Is it even possible? And if it is, why bother?
On 17/2/2026 2:23 pm, Antony Barry wrote:
> https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/05/elon-musk-is-getting-serious-about-orbital-data-centers/?lctg=1980929&utm_source=digitaltrends&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:1980929&utm_campaign=DTDaily20260206?
> Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
> techcrunch.com
> Concise summary
>
> Elon Musk has filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
> for a million-satellite data center network, indicating a serious effort to
> establish orbital data centers.
> Musk argues that solar panels produce more power in space, making it cheaper
> to operate data centers in orbit, and predicts that 2028 will be a tipping
> point year for orbital data centers.
> Musk forecasts that in five years, more AI will be launched and operated in
> space than the cumulative total on Earth, with SpaceX and its newly merged AI
> company, xAI, poised to benefit from this shift.
> Antony Barry
> [email protected]
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Kim Holburn
IT Network & Security Consultant
+61 404072753
mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn
skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request
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