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Tesla Megapacks are designed to ensure grid stability, so that you never have a blackout
Tesla's Controller-Hardware-In-the-Loop (CHIL) is key to bringing Megapack sites online faster
CHIL allows us to simulate the entire site in real time before it’s connected to the grid. We can see how the site will respond to faults, frequency changes or if a tree were to fall on a power line.
CHIL validated 444 grid-forming Megapacks at Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub before grid connection, delivering 600 MW / 1.6 GWh of storage months ahead of schedule
Elon Musk retweeted
100GW in space is roughly equal to 800GW on Earth.
Moreover, solar on Earth must be paired with massive batteries to continue powering compute at night and supplemented with combustion or nuclear power during winter.
These are not the same at all.
Hire Grok @Bot as a colleague and give it your hardest tasks!
Bernie is the meme
You might not want to take Bernie too seriously on tech issues.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The shared image is a fabricated Washington Post clipping. Bernie Sanders was mayor of Burlington until 1989, first elected to the House in 1990 and never a senator then; no record exists of him calling to ban the Internet.
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Elon Musk retweeted
Elon Musk has a track record of calling hard problems early.
In a February 2026 interview, he warned: “Those who have lived in software land don’t realize they’re about to have a hard lesson in hardware.”
By late August, SpaceX confirmed it was bringing the casting of gas-turbine blades and vanes in-house — the single biggest bottleneck for new natural-gas power plants needed to feed AI data centers. Musk said the move could bring turbines online up to 18 months faster.
Today he put it even more bluntly: SpaceX has “a super cracked team that is outperforming the rest of the world by an order of magnitude in mass to orbit — and even we find it very difficult.”
Hardware doesn’t care about demos, funding rounds, or slide decks. The teams that actually build the hard stuff keep winning.
What a legend.
It’s not that supercomputer data centers are not in high demand, as they definitely are. However, getting money to build complex hardware systems with massive power, cooling & networking is not the same as doing it.
SpaceX has a super cracked team that is outperforming the rest of the world by an order of magnitude in mass to orbit and even we find it very difficult!
Elon Musk retweeted
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Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank reserved enough gas turbines to generate the power of six Hoover Dams. It cost the company billions of dollars in losses. on.wsj.com/4AkINFX
Elon Musk retweeted
29 days from completion of tunneling in Bastrop to initiation of tunneling in San Antonio.
Portable, lightning-fast Internet that works anywhere on Earth where Starlink is legal!
Introducing Mini 2, the next-generation portable Starlink. Get up to 4.5 hours of connectivity on a single charge with the quick-swap battery, or plug in with USB-C.
With built-in Wi-Fi, all you need is a clear view of the sky to get online in 60 seconds.
Preorders are now open by invitation in the US. Be the first to know when it's available → starlink.com/mini-2
SpaceX has ordered 100 GW/year of HJT solar manufacturing equipment from Singulus in Germany.
This is for Starmind to create a sentient sun.
We have signed a major supply contract with SINGULUS to create a durable option for advanced solar cell manufacturing to support more than 100 GW of equipment as we accelerate the production of our Starmind satellites in Bastrop, Texas → singulus.com/2026/11/10/spac…
Elon Musk retweeted
🚨 BREAKING: The FCC accepts SpaceX's application to acquire nationwide 800 MHz spectrum
Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile all told SpaceX "NO" when it asked to use their networks. SpaceX is building its own:
This deal with Grain Management secures 546 paired licenses covering ~100% of the U.S. population, on 800 MHz low band that penetrates straight through walls and already works with almost every smartphone.
Once it closes, SpaceX will hold up to 89 MHz of spectrum in every market it touches.
Elon Musk: "This is the last critical piece of the spectrum puzzle needed for SpaceX to provide complete phone coverage in America."
ITS HAPPENING
Elon Musk retweeted
Here is SpaceX's new @Starlink Mini 2 with quick-swap battery. You can get up to 4.5 hours of use on a single charge.
This means you can get internet in the middle of nowhere and not have to plug anything in.
SpaceX has just officially unveiled its next-generation @Starlink Mini 2, which now comes with a built-in battery for the first time.
• Up to 4.5 hours of connectivity on a single charge with the quick-swap battery (or plug in USB-C).
• Weight: 3.53 Ibs (1.6 kg) including battery and kickstand
• Dimensions: 10.35 × 12.36 × 0.91 inches (263 × 314 × 23.1 mm)
• Field of view: 55°
• Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi 6
• Environmental rating: IP67
• Wi-Fi coverage: Up to 1,800 sq ft (167 m2)
• Battery: Removable, rechargeable 71 Wh battery
• Battery weight: 1.08 Ibs (490g)
• Battery attachment: Quick-release mechanism
• Charging: USB-C, 60W
• Battery power output: USB-C, up to 60W
• Power button: Built-in physical power button
• Battery indicators: LED status lights
• Kickstand: Integrated, foldable kickstand
• Tripod mount: Standard 1/4"-20 camera thread
• Charger: Included 60W USB-C wall charger
• Cable: Included 3-meter (10-foot) USB-C to USB-C cable
Starlink is now taking preorders in the U.S.: starlink.com/mini-2
Elon Musk retweeted
SpaceX is making moves to become the first AI carrier $SPCX
• Current cell towers are still mostly “dumb” radios. The Qualcomm deal is about making them AI-native.
• Edge inference at the tower, like an updated Akamai for AI
• Starlink Direct-to-Cell and V3 satellites alongside the terrestrial build
Qualcomm’s CEO said the SpaceX agreement is finalized — not an engagement. SpaceX will build the base stations. Qualcomm supplies the silicon and the RAN accelerator for a terrestrial network he called one of the largest 5G deployments in the United States, with an AI-native architecture.
Elon Musk retweeted
🚨The EU's Digital Services Act threatens freedom of speech GLOBALLY.
What they say: the DSA prevents the spread of "illegal content" and mitigates "systemic risks to civic discourse".
What actually happens: the EU controls online narratives by forcing the world's largest platforms to censor content that the Commission and a network of nonaccountable individuals and NGOs deem unacceptable.
⚠️The DSA does not protect democracy. It undermines the free exchange of ideas and information on which democracy depends.
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