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what is called for is nearly exponential grwth which can suck up all available capital unless revenue can even run ahead.
however understand that Space X is building a monopoly which makes competition unlikely. And the big payoff will be point to point cargo transport anywhere on earth in an hour.
That is a huge diversion of revenue.
Elon Details SpaceX AI Data Center in Space Details and Roadmap
June 8, 2026 by Brian Wang
Elon and SpaceX are targeting 1000 starship launches in 2028 and 3000 in 2029 and 8000 in 2030. Elon talked about rough general goals for AI data center in space 1 GW next year, 10 GW in 2028, 100 GW in 2029 the plan and rough goals they are working towards. This is aggressive because the first GW will need 100-200 STarship launches. And they need 100 STarship launches in 2027 for communications and 500 launches for comm (internet and DTC).
New starlink terminals, stated a few hundred million will be made which translate to minimum TAM target of 300-400 million high speed internet customers. $200 billion per year in subscriptions.
I added the math . A few hundred million starlink terminals, $150-200 billion per year from high speed internet if it is 400 million customers.
Starlink terminals production and customer sales determines how much $500-1000 per year customers they have for Starlink. Adding about 1 million per month and going to 1.5 million per month. Going to 3 million per month and then 6 million per month would enable 36 million new customers in 2027 and then 72 million in 2028 or 2029. 100 million total customers in 2028 would be $50 billion per year in Starlink revenue.
They are looking to launch Rubin and TPUs and Trainium and other chips.
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ScreenshotElon talked about rough general goals for AI data center in space 1 GW next year, 10 GW in 2028, 100 GW in 2029 the plan and rough goals they are working towards. This is aggressive because the first GW will need 100-200 STarship launches. And they need 100 STarship launches in 2027 for communications and 500 launches for comm (internet and DTC). Each GW of AI in space would be about $50 billion per year in revenue if it is renting out Rubin chips.
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Myth
“Elon and SpaceX are targeting 1000 starship launches in 2028.”
That is about 1.5-2.5 years from now. We will be lucky if we get 50 of them in 2028.
This year we had 1 Starship launch and it is June. In 2025 there were 5 of them.Reply
Ludus
What heat problem for Space data centers? Every spacecraft has to manage heat. The ISS has about 600 m^2 of radiator area for 120kw of solar. This deck shows SpaceAI compute Sats as having about 110 m^2 radiators for 150kw of solar. The ISS both generates heat from other activities and has to operate at lower less efficient temperatures because of the humans onboard. The AI chips are designed to run hot to optimize heat radiator efficiency.
Both energy and cooling for AI compute in Space can be designed for mass produced engineered solutions that scale perfectly. Sunlight and thermal radiation are very constant and predictable in Space but on Earth are a specific new design problem for every location.Reply
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