SpaceX wants to build a satellite network dramatically bigger than Starlink, and this one is meant to run computers, not just beam internet.
The company released a new video laying out concept plans for Starmind, an orbital data center constellation that could eventually involve as many as 1 million satellites circling Earth. The video gives the clearest look yet at how SpaceX imagines stacking data centers in orbit instead of on the ground. No timeline, cost estimate, or regulatory filing came with the release, just the footage.
Starmind's pitch lines up with a real problem: AI companies are straining power grids and land to build data centers, and orbit offers constant sunlight and cost-free radiative cooling. If SpaceX pulls this off, it reframes where compute infrastructure lives, not just how satellites connect people to the internet.
For now, Starmind exists only in a video. SpaceX has a track record of unveiling ambitious concepts well before hardware ships, and a constellation that dwarfs Starlink raises obvious questions about cost, orbital debris, and who is supposed to regulate a data center in space.