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Topline<\/h2>\n

For some, SpaceX\u2019s initial public offering (IPO) of shares on the Nasdaq stock index this week appears to be all about rockets. After all, the company has built its reputation launching satellites on its reusable Falcon 9 rockets, shuttling crew and cargo to and from the International Space Station and developing Starship, the largest rocket ever flown. If Starship succeeds in driving launch costs dramatically lower, the next question is what gets built in orbit.<\/p>\n

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If Starship succeeds, what gets built?<\/h2>\n

Some investors believe the answer could include data centers, energy infrastructure and industrial facilities on a scale never before attempted. The most obvious is Starlink, which has more than 10 million Starlink subscribers, according to analysts, and now accounts for roughly two-thirds of all active spacecraft in Earth orbit. SpaceX increasingly resembles an infrastructure company and some investors see a future built on Starlink, but also on orbital data centers and even solar power transmitted wirelessly to Earth from space.<\/p>\n

Mega-structures In Space<\/h2>\n

The first example of large-scale orbital infrastructure could be SpaceX\u2019s orbital data centers. In January, SpaceX filed documents asking the Federal Communications Commission for permission to launch a million satellites to create a solar-powered AI data center megaconstellation. \u201cOrbital data centers are the most efficient way to meet the accelerating demand for AI computing power,\u201d it reads, adding that global electricity demand for data centers is projected to more than double by 2035, driven by growth in AI and account for up to 4% of total worldwide electricity consumption. \u201cIt makes a lot of sense because it\u2019s so cold, and these are massive heat\u2011generating data centers,\u201d said futurist and entrepreneur Brett Hurt, author of Love Conquers Fear: Humanity, AI, and the Age of Abundance for All, in an interview. \u201cIf you can get them into the coldness of space, then it costs a tremendously less amount of energy.\u201d It\u2019s not just a SpaceX idea, with European Space Agency-backed conceptual work in Europe and private projects such as Axiom Space, Starcloud and Google\u2019s Project Suncatcher. According to ESA, the concept is a decade or two away. SpaceX recently said its orbital AI compute may not be commercially viable, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n

SpaceX And Off-Earth Energy<\/h2>\n

An even more speculative possibility is energy. Space-based solar power has been studied for decades, and recent demonstrations have shown that wireless power transmission from space to Earth is technically possible in principle. If launch costs fall dramatically, enormous solar arrays in orbit become easier to imagine. \u201cIf we could capture just 18 seconds of the sun\u2019s rays that fall on Earth through a material\u2011science breakthrough, it would power America\u2019s energy needs for over a year,\u201d said Hurt. \u201cIf we crack the code for that form of energy, everything becomes possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Starship could make concepts that once seemed impractical \u2014 from massive communications platforms to industrial facilities in orbit \u2014 begin to look technically and financially achievable.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h2>\n

The idea of building large infrastructure in orbit has existed for decades, but launch costs have made most concepts economically impossible. Advocates of fully reusable rockets argue that Starship could change that equation. If the cost of moving cargo to orbit falls by an order of magnitude, projects once confined to science fiction may begin to attract serious commercial investment.<\/p>\n

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Further reading<\/h2>\n

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