Forget Elon’s Data Centers In Space. This Startup Wants To Float Them At Sea
Forbes Daily Briefing
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🗓️ 8 July 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
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| 0:50.4 | Today on Forbes, forget Elon's data centers in space. |
| 0:55.3 | This startup wants to float them at sea. |
| 0:59.4 | Among big future businesses Elon Musk is selling investors in newly public SpaceX is his plan |
| 1:05.1 | to put data centers in space. |
| 1:08.0 | Solar-powered satellites spread across a vast network, processing information in space and |
| 1:12.8 | beaming it back to Earth. As pitches go, it has the clean geometry of a musk bullcase. It's the kind of, |
| 1:20.7 | quote, I want to die on Mars, just not on impact, sci-fi idea the almost trillionaire is famous for. |
| 1:27.1 | And it's particularly well-timed. |
| 1:29.6 | The AI feeding frenzy is in overdrive, but the terrestrial data centers they require |
| 1:34.4 | are becoming an unwanted menace in many communities, raising utility rates, creating noise |
| 1:40.0 | and pollution, and generating few local economic benefits. |
| 1:49.0 | SpaceX hopes to begin launching orbital data centers in 2028, though its IPO filing gives no cost estimates for such a system. |
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