Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai are reportedly in talks for data centers that Sam Altman publicly made fun of

Google is in talks with Elon Musk-owned SpaceX for a rocket-launch deal to put orbital data centres in space, reports the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the discussions. Data centres in space have been emerging as a potential solution to traditional data centres that require more energy. The search engine giant is also in talks with other rocket launch companies, a source told the publication. The deal, if formalized, will put the two companies “in partnership as they gear up to compete on orbital data centers, an unproven technology that SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk has said is the next frontier for his rocket company,” the report said. While Google and SpaceX are betting on space data centres, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has a different view.