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Elon Musk Is Rolling xAI Into SpaceX—Creating the World’s Most Valuable Private Company (www.wired.com)
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In a blog post, Musk said the acquisition was warranted because global electricity demand for AI cannot be met with “terrestrial solutions,” and Silicon Valley will soon need to build data centers in space to power its AI ambitions.

This dumb fuck. Unfortunately, his boosters will be all-in on this messaging. Whatever.

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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

We have “free” solar here on Earth. 

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    for half a day yeah, minus clouds etc. That requires expensive batteries or grid power especially in winter.

    In space the idea is to use orbits where they can catch 24 hours of sun.

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