{"id":1010311,"date":"2026-05-27T11:37:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1010311"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:07:47","slug":"openai-ceo-sam-altman-disagrees-with-elon-musks-big-data-centre-idea-says-i-wish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/05\/27\/openai-ceo-sam-altman-disagrees-with-elon-musks-big-data-centre-idea-says-i-wish\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI CEO Sam Altman disagrees with Elon Musk&#8217;s &#8216;big data centre&#8217; idea; says: I wish &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has questioned the practicality of orbital data centres, even as reports swirl around potential projects tied to Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX and Google\u2019s prototype initiative. According to a report by Benzinga, speaking on the technology podcast TBPN, Altman said, \u201cI wish Elon luck,\u201d but suggested underwater infrastructure may ultimately prove easier to build and cool than computing systems deployed in space. Altman further noted that ocean robotics researchers are not yet focused on deploying computing systems underwater, but also argued the concept could be more feasible than constricting orbital facilities. \u201cIt feels easier than constructing space data centers,\u201d he said, adding that while space offers freedom from land and regulatory constraints, energy generation and infrastructure remain formidable challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has questioned the practicality of orbital data centres, even as reports swirl around potential projects tied to Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX and Google\u2019s prototype initiative. According to a report by Benzinga, speaking on the technology podcast TBPN, Altman said, \u201cI wish Elon luck,\u201d but suggested underwater infrastructure may ultimately prove easier to build and cool than computing systems deployed in space. Altman further noted that ocean robotics researchers are not yet focused on deploying computing systems underwater, but also argued the concept could be more feasible than constricting orbital facilities. \u201cIt feels easier than constructing space data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1010311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-times-of-india","category-newspapers","category-the-times-of-india"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1010312,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1010311\/revisions\/1010312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1010311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1010311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}