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@ns123abc · Jan 22, 2026
Elon Musk has essentially confirmed SpaceX is going public this year and will use the funds to build solar powered AI satellites, scaling to 100s of terawatts in 3 years
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No, probable case (~50th percentile guess) is reaching an annualized rate of 100GW/year of space AI satellites launched from Earth in 3 to 4 years.
100TW/year requires manufacturing satellites on the Moon at massive scale that are shot into deep space with a mass driver, which is 10+ years away.
Worth noting that average US electricity consumption is only 0.5TW, so that would mean launching 200 times the current electricity output of Earth.
07:16 PM · January 22, 2026 · 667.2K views
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