The SpaceX IPO and Data Centers in Space – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

kept by eddie may 28

SpaceX's $2T IPO lacks financial justification, but data centers in space for agentic AI inference could make the valuation plausible.

Why Elon Musk Is Racing to Take SpaceX Public - WSJ
SpaceX, long resistant to an IPO, now races to go public to fund orbiting AI data centers and help Musk's xAI compete with OpenAI.
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Musings on Markets: Revisiting the SpaceX Valuation: A Post-Prospectus Update!
A finance professor updates his SpaceX valuation to $1.3 trillion after the IPO prospectus reveals heavy AI investment, dual-class control, and risky governance.
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Greetings, Earthlings: Philip Johnston of Starcloud on Data Centers in Space
Falling launch costs and rising terrestrial constraints will make space-based AI data centers cheaper than Earth-based ones within a decade, potentially creating a trillion-dollar annual CapEx market for inference workloads.
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The AI infrastructure buildout could require $7.5 trillion in spending by 2030, creating trillions in enterprise value for neoclouds like CoreWeave and Nebius.
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Opinion | Our Stock Market Is Broken
The SpaceX IPO exemplifies how hype and speculative optimism, fueled by regulatory changes and an insular investor ecosystem, have broken the stock market's link to fundamentals.
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