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SpaceX AI revenue to come from ground data centres for now, space computing a long game

Analysts say SpaceX\'s artificial intelligence revenue will come from ground-based data centres for now, even as Elon Musk promotes a long-term vision of orbital computing. SpaceX is already providing AI computing services to corporate customers including Anthropic, Google and Reflection AI, with annual revenue from Colossus cluster contracts estimated at more than $28 billion. SpaceX invested about $18 billion last year in AI infrastructure and R&D, while analysts say space data centres face technical hurdles and could take more than 10 years to materialise.