Moving data centres to space will reduce the electricity costs but would create additional issues around latency, Son told shareholders.

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son sees little merit in orbital data centres, the idea Elon Musk has championed, and says the AI race will be won by compute on Earth.

SoftBank's Masayoshi Son publicly rejects Elon Musk's orbital data center vision, arguing the AI race will be won with hundreds of billions in Earth-based