Elon Musk believes the best way to solve the difficulties of building AI data centers on earth is to move them into outer space. His merger this week of his rocket company SpaceX with his artificial intelligence company xAI could help get them there.

Hiking subscriptions, making robots, and selling fewer cars? Tesla is acting like a tech company in more ways than one.

AWS CEO Matt Garman challenges space-based data center feasibility, citing latency issues and costs that make terrestrial infrastructure superior.

Ives’ perspective aligns with recent moves, including the SpaceX-xAI merger, which created a $1.25 trillion entity focused on orbital compute. Tesla recently disclosed in its fourth-quarter earnings release that it will invest approximately $2 billion into xAI, framing the move as a cornerstone of its Master Plan Part IV.

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Musk has denied numerous times that he ever visited the island and has said that he “refused” invitations.

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