Tech billionaires want to put data centers in space. The math could get ugly fast.

Global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions, even in the near term, without imposing hardship on communities and the environment," Musk wrote in a February post on SpaceX's website.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, argues that terrestrial solutions are insufficient to meet AI's electricity demands, highlighting the need for alternative solutions like space data centers.