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Can orbital data centers help justify a large valuation for SpaceX?
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SpaceX has reportedly filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering in which the company would raise $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation.
Key facts
- SpaceX has reportedly filed confidential paperwork for an initial public offering in which the company would raise $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation
- On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and colleagues discussed Musk’s vision, as well as other companies that are pursuing similar goals
- Read a preview of their conversation, edited for length and clarity
- There’s a lot of opposition happening around the country to data centers in general
Summary
On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and colleagues discussed Musk’s vision, as well as other companies that are pursuing similar goals. It will take significant tech development and massive capital spending to make orbital data centers a reality, but as Sean noted, with “opposition happening around the country to data centers in general,” executives like Musk and Jeff Bezos may be thinking, “The engineering challenge may be less than the social challenge back here” on Earth. There’s a lot of opposition happening around the country to data centers in general. And going back to a point that Sean was making, the reporter thinks that part of what’s interesting is to : How does this fit in with the broader data center rollout?