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SpaceX Asks FCC for 1M AI Data Centers in Space

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In Machines we Trust

Technology

4.36 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss SpaceX's audacious plan to launch a million AI data center satellites into orbit, outlining the logistical and economic reasons behind this move. We also explore the recent merger with XAI and the profound implications this infrastructure shift could have on the future of AI computing and global data center capacity.


Chapters
00:00 SpaceX's Million Satellite Data Center
01:58 AIbox, Affordable AI Access
04:02 SpaceX XAI Merger & FCC Filing
07:11 Economics of Space Data Centers
11:02 Merger Rationale and Future Vision
15:12 De-orbiting and Future Demand

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0:00.0

Welcome to the podcast. I'm your host, Jaden Schaefer. Today on the show, I want to talk about the

0:04.8

latest news from SpaceX filing some paperwork with the Federal Communications Commission last

0:10.4

Friday in what looks like a million satellite data center network, right? So they have filed

0:16.4

paperwork to request to be able to shoot a million data center satellites up orbiting the

0:21.9

earth and at first i think a lot of people said this is like oh you know this is kind of just

0:26.1

Elon this is like a theatrical idea that you're just kind of floating out there because um you know

0:32.5

it makes it sound good to merge SpaceX and xAI and make this $1.25 trillion company before an IPO.

0:39.1

I think if you look at what's happening, especially as of today, this is like a week later,

0:44.5

I think it is pretty clear that he actually means it.

0:48.4

So today on the show, I want to break down what this would look like, what a AI data center

0:53.3

cluster floating around the earth of a million satellites would look like, what a AI data center cluster floating around the Earth of a million

0:56.4

satellites would look like, why they would do it, logistically how this would work.

1:01.0

There is a lot to unpack here, including some really interesting quotes from Elon Musk on a

1:05.6

recent podcast about using solar panels and how much more efficient they are in space,

1:10.2

all these different crazy things.

1:11.7

So we're going to dive into all of that.

1:13.1

Before we do, I wanted to share some really exciting news about my startup, AIbox.aI.

1:18.1

We've recently launched some new subscription tiers.

1:21.3

So AIBox essentially allows you to build tools.

1:24.7

Even if you're not a developer, you can describe what you'd like to create.

1:28.3

And our AI model links together, different AI models, fills in a prompt, and it can create a

1:32.6

tool that automates your workflows, or just, you know, is it generating newsletters or all sorts

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