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SPACEX EYES 1 MILLION SATELLITES FOR ORBITAL DATA CENTER PUSH

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SpaceX has filed a request with the FCC to launch up to one million satellites to create a network of orbiting data centers around Earth. The company's Orbital Data Center system would deliver the compute capacity required for large-scale AI inference and data center applications for billions of users. They will be solar-powered and use optical links to connect to Starlink. The filing claims that orbital data centers are the most efficient way to meet the accelerating demand for AI computing power.