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    Musk quoted outlining orbital AI ambitions: about 10 million tons to orbit a year

    A post describes Starship as the freighter and Terafab as the factory for Elon Musk’s orbital AI ambitions, and quotes him saying solar power is also being scaled to a terawatt.

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    A post quotes Elon Musk saying that reaching “a terawatt of compute per year” would require about 10 million tons sent to orbit annually. In the quoted remarks, he calls that feasible with “no new physics required” and expresses confidence that SpaceX can achieve it. The post also quotes Musk saying solar power is being scaled to a terawatt and that Terafab is being built to fill the remaining compute need. It describes Starship as the freighter and Terafab as the factory.

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    @teslaownersSVElon Musk on scaling AI beyond Earth. "To reach a terawatt of compute per year, we need about 10 million tons to orbit annually. This is feasible—no new physics required—and I'm confident SpaceX can achieve it." Most people treat orbital mass as sci-fi. Elon treats it as a logistics problem with hard numbers — and a factory plan to match. • ~10 million tons to orbit per year • Terawatt of solar for power • Terawatt of compute → Terafab fills the gap No new physics. Starship is the freighter. Terafab is the factory. "We're also scaling to a terawatt of solar for power. The remaining piece is a terawatt of compute, which is why we're building Terafab."

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    @teslaownersSVElon Musk on scaling AI beyond Earth. "To reach a terawatt of compute per year, we need about 10 million tons to orbit annually. This is feasible—no new physics required—and I'm confident SpaceX can achieve it." Most people treat orbital mass as sci-fi. Elon treats it as a logistics problem with hard numbers — and a factory plan to match. • ~10 million tons to orbit per year • Terawatt of solar for power • Terawatt of compute → Terafab fills the gap No new physics. Starship is the freighter. Terafab is the factory. "We're also scaling to a terawatt of solar for power. The remaining piece is a terawatt of compute, which is why we're building Terafab."