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BREAKING: SpaceX wants to turn Space into the World’s Biggest AI Data Center. • SpaceX is seeking approval to launch and operate up to one million satellites designed to function as orbital data centers. • These satellites would provide massive computing power to support advanced artificial intelligence and data processing. • The system would rely on near constant solar energy in space, reducing operating costs and environmental impact compared to Earth based data centers. • Satellites would operate between 500 km and 2,000 km in altitude, across multiple orbital shells, to handle global demand. • High speed laser links would connect the satellites with each other and with the Starlink network, enabling petabit level data transfer. • Data would ultimately be routed to authorized ground stations around the world. • SpaceX says demand from AI, machine learning, and edge computing is growing faster than terrestrial infrastructure can handle. The company frames this as a major step toward a future where humanity becomes a multi planetary civilization powered by space based infrastructure.