Musk: superintelligence compute will 'round up to 100%' be in space
elonmusk · x · 2026-11-03
Elon Musk endorsed investor Gavin Baker's orbital compute thesis, saying future superintelligence compute will "overwhelmingly"—rounding up to 100%—run in space.
Baker's argument:
- Satellites can stay in sunlight 24/7: no batteries needed, cooling is free, making space data centers superior from first principles.
- SpaceX handles over 90% of mass to orbit, runs the largest satellite constellation, and remains the only entity reliably landing and reusing orbital rockets a decade on.
- Starship should lift 10-15 MW to sun-synchronous orbit per flight.
Baker calls space data centers the most important thing of the next 3-4 years, noting ground regulation constraints would further favor space.
Related event: Musk Claims Nearly 100% of Superintelligence Compute Will Move to Space(5 posts)→
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