Musk predicts orbital AI computing will surpass ground capacity
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Elon Musk said on X that monthly additions to orbital AI and cloud-computing capacity will exceed ground-based deployment by 2028, with total orbital capacity expected to surpass terrestrial capacity in 2029, according to IT之家. IT之家 also reports that Google’s Suncatcher sent an experimental spacecraft into orbit in October, Blue Origin filed a Project Sunrise proposal for up to 51,600 data-center satellites, and SpaceX applied for an orbital data-center constellation of up to one million satellites.
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The forecast highlights growing interest in moving AI and GPU computing into space as ground data centers encounter power, grid, land, water, and community constraints.