SpaceX announces 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory for orbital AI data center satellites, targeting 1 GW capacity by 2027
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Summary
SpaceX announced an 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory in Bastrop, Texas, dedicated to building satellites for orbital data centers. CEO Elon Musk stated the facility will begin producing complete "AI satellites" by 2027, targeting 1 GW of orbital AI compute capacity by late 2027, with plans to scale tenfold annually. Musk suggested 100 GW of space-based AI compute could be possible by 2030, positioning this as a major infrastructure play for space-based data processing.
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· 4 pulledSpaceX has announced a new 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory in Bastrop, Texas, dedicated to building the infrastructure needed to achieve the company's orbital data center goal.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the facility is expected to begin producing complete 'AI satellites' by 2027.
The company is targeting 1 gigawatt (GW) of orbital AI compute capacity by the end of next year, with plans to scale that figure by an order of magnitude annually thereafter.
Musk says 100 GW of Space AI compute may be possible by 2030
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