Masayoshi Son Dismisses Musk’s Idea for Orbital Data Centers (opens original article in a new tab)

Masayoshi Son of SoftBank dismissed Elon Musk's proposal for orbital data centers, asserting that the AI race will be won through Earth-based computing.

• Masayoshi Son dismissed Elon Musk's idea of orbital data centers, stating they have little merit.
• Son argued that the AI race will be decided by compute on Earth rather than in space.
• SoftBank will focus on building data center capacity on Earth, not in space.