What Elon Musk thinks about data centers
Founded SpaceX in 2002, joined Tesla's board in 2004 and became its chief executive in 2008, and later founded Neuralink, The Boring Company and xAI. Bought Twitter in 2022 and renamed it X. Posts as @elonmusk, which is where almost everything he says publicly now appears.
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3 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Elon Musk has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe amount of compute in space will obviously round up to 100% of all compute
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Their wordsAI data centers resulting in lower electricity prices for consumers
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Their wordsConsensus estimate is that ~15GW of AI compute produced in 2027 cannot be turned on in 2027. This is harder than just finding power, as you also need to build out all the transformers, wiring, liquid-cooling, (massive) chillers & complex networking.