Son’s Softbank committed $19 billion last year to the Stargate project that aims to build AI infrastructure in the U.S.

Mit SpaceX will Elon Musk die Rechenzentren für die KI ins All verlegen. Aus Sicht von Masayoshi Son verspreche dieses Vorhaben nur wenig Erfolg. Er sieht vor allem Nachteile.

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

Masayoshi Son says the AI race will be decided on Earth.

Top SoftBank boss Masayoshi Son challenged the economic case for putting AI data centers in space, an idea championed by Elon Musk.

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

Son’s Softbank committed $19 billion last year to the Stargate project that aims to build AI infrastructure in the U.S.