Elon Musk has made the impossible work. But AI data centers in space won't be easy
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Elon Musk turned near-bankrupt Tesla and SpaceX into global successes, but both took 15 years, massive government contracts, and falling cost curves to get there. Now, space-based AI data centers face a similar challenge, needing launch costs to drop from $2,700 to under $500 per kilogram. Unlike Musk's previous targets, terrestrial data centers keep getting cheaper and faster to build, constantly raising the competitive bar.
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