--- title: Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk’s space data centres as an... description: SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son publicly dismissed the concept of orbital data centres at a shareholder meeting, arguing the economics don't work. While space... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/masayoshi-son-dismisses-musk-s-space-data-centres-as-an-ai-race-bet-rzdwyv1rx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk’s space data centres as an AI-race bet | daily.dev og:description: SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son publicly dismissed the concept of orbital data centres at a shareholder meeting, arguing the economics don't work. While space... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/masayoshi-son-dismisses-musk-s-space-data-centres-as-an-ai-race-bet-rzdwyv1rx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RZdwyv1rx.png og:image:alt: Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk’s space data centres as an AI-race bet og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk’s space data centres as an AI-race bet **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son publicly dismissed the concept of orbital data centres at a shareholder meeting, arguing the economics don't work. While space offers cheaper solar electricity, the costs of launching hardware, maintenance, and communication latency far outweigh the savings. Son also stressed that the AI race will be decided in the next few years, not a decade out — making long-horizon space projects irrelevant to the current competition. His comments implicitly target Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, who have both championed orbital data centre concepts. SpaceX has itself acknowledged viability risks in filings. Son frames rivals pursuing space infrastructure as distracted from the contest that actually matters now. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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