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Elon Musk has made the impossible work. But AI data centers in space won't be easy

Elon Musk built Tesla and SpaceX by riding cost curves down. Orbital data centers need the same collapse, but terrestrial rivals keep getting cheaper

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Elon Musk has made the impossible work. But AI data centers in space won't be easy

Elon Musk has made the impossible work. But AI data centers in space won't be easy

Published June 17, 2026 · Category: Markets

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Elon Musk built Tesla and SpaceX by riding cost curves down. Orbital data centers need the same collapse, but terrestrial rivals keep getting cheaper

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Originally published at qz.com.

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