Extropic to launch TSUs on SpaceX rocket next year, betting on space datacenters
beffjezos · x · 2026-11-04
Beff (Extropic founder) claims TSUs will rescue the economics of space datacenters: far more intelligence per watt means far more intelligence per kg to orbit and faster time to ROIC per launch. Extropic plans to launch TSUs on a SpaceX rocket next year if all goes to plan.
The quoted argument from @iamgingertrash: the physics of space datacenters is all about launch costs, not energy or cooling — a levered bet on Starship achieving economies of scale, viable only past 2030 when next-gen chips like CiM may make it unnecessary; AI will instead diffuse as 'a GPU per person.'
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