Elon Musk Merged xAI With SpaceX (And Filed To Put A Million Data Centers In Orbit)
AI already consumes more electricity than some countries. By 2030, it'll double, equivalent to adding another top-ten energy-consuming nation to the planet. So Elon Musk merged his AI company with his rocket company, creating a $1.25 trillion entity that just filed to launch a million data centre satellites into orbit. The FCC filing literally quotes the Kardashev scale.
In this episode of In The Loop, I break down the financials behind the merger (xAI burned $8 billion in nine months), the critics calling it a bailout, and the believers who think it could reshape computing infrastructure…
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