do you realize how insane this is? 100 GW of solar capacity every year. at continuous full output, one year's production could generate a fifth of all the electricity the US uses annually. ten years at that rate would mean 1 TW of capacity. SpaceX could generate roughly twice the current annual electricity consumption of the largest superpower in the world in just a decade. one single company.
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) profile pictureElon Musk
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SpaceX has ordered 100 GW/year of HJT solar manufacturing equipment from Singulus in Germany. This is for Starmind to create a sentient sun.
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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.

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How's all the retards last week claiming Elon's space data centre concept (an thereby Elon too) was stupid because some space GPU kept overheating. Like how do space telescopes work & was Kardashev an idiot too?
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1.21 Gigawatts! Great Scott!!!
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Sad you have to explain the obvious.
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As the people with no brains like to say, "its a no brainer"
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... and nothing is grounded. 🤣😜
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Elon has already done the math. Space solar runs 24/7. Earth solar needs massive batteries plus backup. Data centers in orbit win on cost and area availability.
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So way more than 1.21.
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At what point are we going to start mining the asteroid belt, so we can stop using up our limited resources here on Earth. THAT would truly impress the hell out of me. All that power available - we could smelt in Space, build factories, etc.
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Space solar never clocks out, my panels quit at 4pm in November
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If you operate within the solar system, solar energy works well, but beyond Jupiter, the sun is no longer really effective. In space, you need an energy source that is long-lasting and independent of the sun: 'nuclear power'.🐝
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I can cover space in solar panels and still have no power. Can we use it? That's the question. Do we have some sort of umbilical chord to this magical power generation system?
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For 100 GW in space, you will need roughly the entire size of Texas in radiators for cooling. And this is supposed to be practical?
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It’s a lot cooler in space, too. 😉
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And its harder to sabotage via political or economic upheaval.
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Now that you realize the advantage of producing solar in space, have you thought about how you will bring it back to earth?
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Spacex Energy Co 😏 How do we transport the energy to earth? @elonmusk
Jesse Batterton (@JesseTBatterton) profile pictureJesse Batterton@JesseTBattertonOct 9
I see my SpaceX Energy Co. idea just kicked in.
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The sun works overtime. Illegal!
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It's always sunny in space 🛰️☀️
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Then you’ll be God. You can only use the space around you.
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100 GW in space is equal to 800 GW on earth So it only takes 1 year of massive scale for orbital compute to flip earth
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Just build a nuclear reactor in Space instead if you are a true visionary.
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It sounds like we need to go all in on solar panels & battery manufacturing then if we want to win the energy race.
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No night, no winter, no giant battery banks. That's exactly why putting the compute up there makes so much sense.
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I dont understand anything beyond 1.21 GW
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Sorry. Is that because of the constant exposure to sunlight and no atmosphere? Us non-genuises need more details. 😅
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No night, no clouds, no winter. Space solar is 8x for a reason ☀️🚀
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@elonmusk Send a modular data center with low powered electricity devices to Mars for testing. Scale up from there
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The plan is clear: build enough compute on Earth for AI to be able to work on the Moon. After that, it's just SpaceX.
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Earth solar works a day job. Space solar works a 24 hour shift with no weather days.
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Build those underground tunnels that power transportation and the energy necessary to power that sector if worse occasions happen topside.
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Dreading the day when Dems realize that they can block rockets because they are "worse for the environment than datacenters".
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You need to send it to high enough orbit for that, otherwise day/night switch still matters.
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Can you repair one of these AI compute units in space? On Earth, you just send a guy to swap out. What happens in orbit?
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