Elon Musk says Orbital AI Data Centers will be easier than Communication Satellites for SpaceX:
"The Starlink V3 communications satellites is an incredibly complex machine. The AI Data Center will be much simpler by comparison.
It’s really just solar power, plus radiator, some basic equipment, and the laser links would connect to the Starlink communications constellation, and then to the ground."
Starlink V3 satellites have >10X bandwidth of V2 and there’ll be >10X launched, which means >100X more bandwidth.
Also, altitude will be 350km vs 550km, so min latency can be cut in half.
Light travels 300km/ms in space, so physics round trip min latency drops to <5ms.
Tesla China has released its first ever retractable sunshade for the Model Y for 1,499 yuan ($236 USD). Very easy to install.
I hope they launch this globally, because I will absolutely buy this.
SpaceX has not committed to leasing Colossus for years, although it’s possible that may be what happens.
This is a 180 day lease with 90 day notice mutual cancellation thereafter. The short term was our request, not Anthropic’s.
We won’t leave them hanging and will provide a reasonable off-ramp, but if compute gets super tight I said we might need it back at some point.
Congrats and a huge thank you to the SpaceX team that always delivers. This was an incredible first flight of a brand new vehicle. Our collective future flying amongst the stars has become so much closer.
After nearly 18 years I can stop working on Model S and X. We put so much love into these products, but will continue to pour that into the future products. Thanks to everyone who believed in and supported these cars through the years. We strived for the best and will never stop. Saying goodbye to something great and making room for something even greater!