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Why does Elon Musk want to put data centres in space? | The Economist
Elon Musk, Tom Standage, Alex Hern
Elon Musk has merged XAI into SpaceX and filed an FCC application to deploy one million satellites, aiming to establish orbital data centers powered by sun-synchronous orbits to achieve terawatt-scale annual capacity. While Musk targets lunar manufacturing and mass drivers to lower launch costs, OpenAI's Sam Altman and industry analysts currently dismiss the concept as technically infeasible due to prohibitive expenses and unrepairable hardware failure rates. Despite this skepticism, competitors including StarCloud, Google, Jeff Bezos, and Eric Schmidt are advancing their own pilot projects or securing launch capacity to test the viability of space-based computing.
- Lex Fridman15 min
RZA and Lex Fridman play chess
RZA, Lex Fridman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg
Podcast host and RZA engage in a chaotic, impromptu chess rematch of a prior party encounter, deliberately prioritizing social entertainment and "trash talk" over serious competitive play. The match features erratic strategies including aggressive piece sacrifices and psychological maneuvers, culminating in a dramatic discovered attack and a friendly handshake before the session ends. Both players reflect on the game as a fun social puzzle, with the host inviting further viewer engagement for similar lighthearted chess content.