Softbank's Son pushes back on Musk's orbital data centre vision, citing cost and latency concerns
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Suhasini Srinivasaragavan
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Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son disputes Elon Musk's claims about orbital data centres, arguing that energy costs are only a small fraction of the total expenses required to build and deploy space-based data centres. While Musk's SpaceX has filed with the FCC for a satellite constellation of up to 1 million satellites to leverage constant solar power, Son points out that moving data centres to space would introduce additional issues around latency and other costs beyond electricity.
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bskySoftbank's Son pushes back on Musk's orbital data centre vision, citing cost and latency concernssiliconrepublic.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledSpace-based data centres aren't all that they are made up to be, according to Softbank founder Masayoshi Son.
Moving data centres to space will reduce the electricity costs but would create additional issues around latency, Son told shareholders.
Energy only makes up a fraction of the overall costs needed to build and deploy data centres.
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