Hold onto your smartphones, folks—the future of AI is literally out of this world! 🌌 SpaceX just dropped a cosmic bombshell with plans to launch 1 million satellites, aiming to shift AI infrastructure into orbit. Their FCC filing earlier this month reveals a bold pivot from Starlink’s internet services to building space-based data centers. Why? To dodge Earth’s energy crises and overheating GPUs by harnessing solar power and space’s natural vacuum. 🔥➡️❄️
But wait—China’s not sitting this one out. Weeks after SpaceX’s move, the Chinese mainland announced its own gigawatt-class space infrastructure plan, blending cloud computing, suborbital tourism, and deep-space exploration. Chinese aerospace experts call SpaceX’s low-Earth orbit expansion a “national security risk,” sparking a satellite deployment sprint. 🛰️💨
Elon Musk’s trillion-dollar IPO dreams for this project could redefine global tech dominance. Meanwhile, cross-Pacific rivalry intensifies: Who’ll control the ultimate high ground for AI’s future? 💰🌏 The answer might decide whether your next TikTok filter runs on servers in Shanghai… or in the stratosphere.
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Silicon sky: SpaceX's million-satellite plan to move AI into orbit
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