By Jordan Novet
Publication Date: 2026-02-24 18:20:00
Elon Musk attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026.
Denis Balibouse | Reuters
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a collaboration with SpaceX‘s Starlink satellite internet service to expand connectivity across the world.
It’s a sign of the software company’s willingness to collaborate with Tesla CEO Elon Musk‘s family of businesses, as the world’s richest person takes Microsoft partner OpenAI to court.
“Through our collaboration with Starlink, Microsoft is combining low-Earth orbit satellite connectivity with community-based deployment models and local ecosystem partnerships,” Microsoft’s chief sustainability officer, Melanie Nakagawa, wrote in a blog post.
In alliance with Starlink and an internet service provider in Kenya, Microsoft is working to connect 450 community hubs in the country, Nakagawa wrote.
The work will add to demand for Musk’s space company, which has contracts with the Department of Defense and NASA and could…