SpaceX’s orbital data centers could face same hurdles as Microsoft’s abandoned undersea project
LOS ANGELES: SpaceX on Wednesday filed for an IPO that Elon Musk says will bankroll an effort to turn the rocket maker into an AI powerhouse, launching up to 1 million data‑center satellites into orbit to bypass power and water limits on Earth.
Microsoft had a similar ambition to escape land‑based computing constraints in 2015, when it lowered a shipping‑container‑sized data center onto the seabed off Scotland, aiming to cut energy use through natural seawater cooling and tapping offshore wind and tidal power.
