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2026-02-05
03:29

FCC reviews Musk's orbital AI data center plan, SpaceX plans to deploy millions of computing satellites

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially launched a public review of a major proposal by SpaceX. The plan aims to deploy large-scale "Orbital Artificial Intelligence Data Centers" in low Earth orbit, sending energy-intensive AI computing tasks into space to support the training of xAI models, including Grok. This concept is seen as a key step for Musk in building a "Space Computing Power Network." According to submitted documents, SpaceX plans to operate a new satellite constellation at an altitude of approximately 500 to 2000 kilometers, with satellites interconnected via laser optical links and connected to the existing Starlink network to enable data processing and routing in orbit. The project is extremely large-scale and could potentially expand to hundreds of thousands or even millions of "data center-style" satellites in the future.
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