By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2026-05-01 05:00:00
Elon Musk has responded to a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) that highlighted comments by Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the future of data centres. The post, shared by Peter H. Diamandis, executive chairman at XPRIZE, claimed that data centres in space could become “the new normal” within a decade — a view that Musk has spoken about in the past. Reacting to the post, Musk simply replied, “true”. The original post said: “Sundar Pichai just said data centers in space will be “the new normal” within a decade. @elonmusk has been saying this for years”.The post further stated: “When the CEO of Google starts agreeing with Elon, pay attention. The orbital compute era is closer than you think.”While Pichai has not detailed a specific timeline publicly in the same context, the idea of using space infrastructure for computing has been discussed more frequently as demand for data processing grows.
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