Sam Altman: “I honestly think the idea with the current landscape of putting data centers in space is ridiculous … It will make sense someday. … Orbital data centers are not something that's going to matter at scale this decade”
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· Business & markets · CEO of OpenAI, in an interview with the Indian Express
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“I honestly think the idea with the current landscape of putting data centers in space is ridiculous […] It will make sense someday. […] We are not there yet. There will come a time. Orbital data centers are not something that's going to matter at scale this decade”— Sam Altman, Fox Business, 23.02.2026 ↗
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Cloud computing+Satellite constellations → Data centers in space (2025)
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