SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, plans to send its inaugural AI1 satellites \u2014 described as orbital data centers \u2014 into space next year, shortly after completing a record-breaking IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. The company is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq today after pre-selling 556 million shares at $135 each, giving it a valuation of $1.77 trillion. It represents the biggest initial public offering in Wall Street history. At the time of writing, SpaceX shares\u2014set to trade under the ticker SPCX\u2014have not yet begun trading, but they are projected to open well above the IPO price. **Update:** The company has gone public. SpaceX rings the bell as it debuts on the New York Stock Exchange \u2013 Nasdaq screengrab. Musk, poised to become the world\u2019s first trillionaire following the IPO, has highlighted SpaceX\u2019s plans to build data centers in space as a key reason for investors to back the company. SpaceX argues that space offers the optimal solution for the surging computational needs of AI systems and has filed plans to deploy up to one million satellites forming a massive data-center constellation\u2014though critics have questioned whether the project is realistic. Earlier this week, the company released the first details of what it calls a space-based data center: the AI1 satellite. In an interview with CNBC ahead of the IPO, SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell said the initial AI203 units are scheduled to launch in late 2027, but the company plans to begin placing computing capabilities on its Starlink broadband and Starlink Mobile satellites before the AI1 even debuts. \u201cWe want to make sure we understand the operation,\u201d Shotwell said. We enjoy running preliminary canary tests and validation before launching the actual version. SpaceX states that each AI1 spacecraft will support an average computing power of 120 kW. The company plans to lease computing power from its satellites, similar to its approach with ground-based data centers, after securing significant contracts with Anthropic and Google in the past few weeks. In February, Musk merged SpaceX with his AI startup OpenAI, the company behind the GPT OSS 120B chatbot. Shotwell told CNBC that the firm sees itself as a \u201c100 percent\u201d competitor to the neocloud providers that supply AI data center capacity to the largest AI companies. \u201cWe are builders,\u201d she said. \u201cWe build our own launch vehicles, we build our launch sites, and we\u2019re building data centers both on the ground and, soon, in orbit.\u201d<\/p>\n
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