Tomas Pueyo
@tomaspueyo · Feb 16, 2026
This is why it will soon be cheaper to have datacenters in space than on Earth:
Back of the envelope, comparing the same number of GPUs on land vs space (here, just one):
Land needs:
• Solar panels
• Batteries
• Much more electric work than in space(building, structures,
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Chip costs will drop dramatically
09:30 PM · February 16, 2026 · 500K views
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