<p id="speakable-summary" class="wp-block-paragraph">Google and SpaceX are in talks to launch orbital data centers in space, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/spacex-google-in-talks-to-explore-data-centers-in-orbit-7b7799e2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">reports</a> The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The potential deal comes as SpaceX gears up for its <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/01/spacex-files-confidentially-for-ipo-in-mega-listing-potentially-valued-at-1-75-trillion-report-says/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">$1.75 trillion IPO</a> later this year, selling investors on the idea that data centers in space will be the cheapest place to put AI compute within the next few years. It also follows <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/is-xai-a-neocloud-now/">Anthropic’s deal with SpaceX</a> last week to use computing resources from xAI’s data center in Memphis, Tennessee, with the potential to work together on orbital ones in the future. (SpaceX acquired xAI in February.)</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google is reportedly talking to other rocket-launch companies as well. The company also plans to launch prototype satellites by 2027 as part of an initiative called Project Suncatcher, announced late last year.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Elon Musk has <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/05/can-orbital-data-centers-help-justify-a-massive-valuation-for-spacex/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">created hype</a> for orbital data centers, claiming they are cheaper to operate. Advocates also point out they are free from the local backlash that U.S. ground-based buildouts attract. However, as <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/why-the-economics-of-orbital-ai-are-so-brutal/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">TechCrunch recently reported</a>, today’s terrestrial data centers are much cheaper than those in orbit once satellite construction and launch costs are factored in.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google invested $900 million in SpaceX in 2015, according to <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1652044/000165204416000012/goog10-k2015.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">regulatory filings</a>.</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">TechCrunch has reached out to Google and SpaceX for comment.</p>
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