SpaceX Acquires xAI to Build Orbital AI Data Centers
SpaceX has acquired xAI in a transformative merger aimed at creating space-based data centers powered by solar energy. The integration combines SpaceX's launch capabilities with xAI's artificial intelligence expertise to address the growing power demands of AI infrastructure while advancing humanity's journey to becoming a multi-planetary civilization. The venture addresses a critical challenge: terrestrial AI data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity and cooling resources that Earth's power grid cannot sustainably support. By relocating compute infrastructure to space, the merged company plans to harness near-constant solar power without the environmental and community costs of ground-based facilities. The ambitious plan involves launching a constellation of one million satellites functioning as orbital data centers. Using Starship's unprecedented launch capacity of 200 tons per flight at hourly intervals, SpaceX aims to deliver millions of tons to orb...