# The deal will combine several of his offerings, including his AI chatbot Grok, his satellite communications company Starlink, and his social media company X. Mr Musk has talked repeatedly about the need to speed development of technology that will allow data centres to operate in space.

*genai · news · 2026-02-03 · Belfast Telegraph*

## Key points

- SpaceX has acquired xAI to integrate AI, satellite, and social media businesses under Musk's leadership.
- Musk claims space-based AI compute will be the lowest cost option within 2 to 3 years.
- xAI is investing $20 billion in a new data centre called MACROHARDRR near the Tennessee border.
- Google's Project Suncatcher is also researching solar-powered, space-based AI data centres.

**Companies:** SpaceX, Microsoft, Google, xAI
**Countries:** United States

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