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Space-based solar could power AI more efficiently than on Earth, with full-scale deployment possible in two to three years, Elon Musk said last week in Davos, Switzerland. . Elon Musk targets 100 GW of annual solar manufacturing for both Tesla and SpaceX within three years to solve the energy bottleneck threatening the AI revolution. SpaceX's Starship launch vehicle and its reusable rockets aim to sharply reduce space access costs, enabling solar-powered AI. . The US is going in the opposite direction by ordering older coal powered generating stations to remain in service even though the cost of the electricity they supply is far more expensive than wind or solar power backed by battery energy storage and they are extra polluting. This landmark merger addresses the growing power, cooling, and environmental constraints of terrestrial data centers by. . SpaceX has applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch up to 1 million LEO satellites for a new solar-powered AI data center system in space. The private company, 40% owned by Elon Musk, envisions an orbital data center system with “ unprecedented computing. .