Musk's SpaceX applies to launch a million satellites into orbit

SpaceX has submitted an application to the US Federal Communications Commission to launch up to one million solar-powered satellites that would function as orbital data centers for artificial intelligence computing. The company argues this space-based approach would be more cost-effective and energy-efficient than traditional ground-based data centers, which are struggling to keep pace with AI's rapidly growing computational demands. The proposed network would dramatically expand SpaceX's existing Starlink constellation of nearly 10,000 satellites, which has already faced criticism for contributing to space congestion and interfering with astronomical research.