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142 Sam Altman fires back at Elon Musk's proposal for space-based data centers, says orbiting data centers 'ridiculous' for now — cites high failure rates and cost as primary limiters

Tom's Hardware
Tom's Hardware · 02/22/2026 09:33 EDT

Sam Altman fires back at Elon Musk's proposal for space-based data centers, says orbiting data centers 'ridiculous' for now — cites high failure rates and cost as primary limiters

Contrary to what Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos say, orbital data centers will not make sense any time soon, believes Sam Altman.

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