The move follows Vietnam's earlier indication that it would allow Starlink to conduct a trial in the country.

"I really want to see a mass driver on the moon that is shooting AI satellites into deep space."

A 1 GW orbital data center would cost roughly $42.4 billion — almost three times its ground-bound equivalent.

According to The New York Times, which reports that it heard the meeting, Musk told employees that xAI needs a lunar manufacturing facility, a factory on the moon that will build AI satellites and fling them into space via a giant catapult.

Elon Musk has merged SpaceX and xAI, creating what might be the blueprint for a new Silicon Valley power structure. With his $800 billion net worth already rivaling historic conglomerate GE’s peak market cap, and Musk being vocal about his view that “tech victory is decided by velocity of innovation,” the question isn’t whether a personal conglomerate can be built, but rather how far Musk himself is […]