US | SpaceX seeks FCC nod for solar-powered satellite data centers for AI

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https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacex-seeks-fcc-nod-solar-powered-satellite-data-centers-ai-2026-01-31/

Elon Musk’s SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of 1 million satellites that will orbit Earth and harness the sun to power AI data centers, according to a filing at the Federal Communications Commission.

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rf_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
This is pure bullshit to pump the stock as the IPO approaches. This is the “growth story” that they will use.

Pure lies.

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supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The only way this will ever work is if Musk fundraises for it by promising the rest of us he will live offworld on the solar farm for the rest ol.

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humanspiral@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
This is pure impossibility of ever working relative to soal batteries and hydrogen production on earth. As long as a jurisdiction will permit it.

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Minimac@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
This will damage the Earth.

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