How SpaceX's Orbiting Data Centers Could Drive a Surge In Space Junk

How SpaceX's Orbiting Data Centers Could Drive a Surge In Space Junk

A new FCC filing suggests most of SpaceX’s orbiting data center satellites will be moved to graveyard orbits and become space junk after retirement.

What Orbital Data Center Failure Modes Could Break Space-Based AI?

On January 30, 2026, Space Exploration Holdings, LLC filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for a proposed non-geostationary orbit system of up to one million satellites operating as the SpaceX Orbital Data Center system. Orbital data center failure modes start with that scale, because the proposal moves artificial intelligence infrastructure from managed terrestrial facilities into a moving, radiation-exposed, thermally…