{"id":3109191,"date":"2026-04-03T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?post_type=tc_video&#038;p=3109191"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:33:24","slug":"are-orbital-data-centers-all-hype-or-an-actual-ai-infrastructure-solution","status":"publish","type":"tc_video","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/video\/are-orbital-data-centers-all-hype-or-an-actual-ai-infrastructure-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Are orbital data centers all hype, or an actual AI infrastructure solution?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div id='jwppp-video-box-31091911' class='jwppp-video-box' itemprop='video' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject' data-video='1' style=\"margin: 1rem 0;\">\n<meta itemprop='name' content='The companies bringing data centers to space and Bluesky\u2019s AI controversy'\/>\n<meta itemprop='description' content='Tech companies are racing to build data centers in space, pitching orbital compute as the next frontier for AI infrastructure, even as the technical and economic realities remain far from clear. 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On this episode of TechCrunch\u2019s Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O\u2019Kane unpack these massive capital bets, user backlash, and off-world compute plans along with Whoop\u2019s major valuation and the literal downfall of robot Olaf.'\/>\n<meta itemprop='duration' content='PT0H32M30S'\/>\n<meta itemprop='thumbnailUrl' content='https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/thumbs\/EcbMLsFO-720.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='uploadDate' content='2026-04-03T09:30:00-07:00'\/>\n<meta itemprop='contentUrl' content='https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/EcbMLsFO'\/>\n<span class=\"jwppp-instant\" style=\"display: none;\" data-video=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?jwp-instant-articles=1&#038;player=GQNKsmiX&#038;mediaID=EcbMLsFO\" data-width=\"480\" data-height=\"270\"><\/span><div id='jwppp-video-31091911' class='jwplayer'>Loading the player...<\/div>\n<script class=\"tcembed-script\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/libraries\/GQNKsmiX.js\"><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar playerInstance_31091911 = jwplayer( \"jwppp-video-31091911\" );\nplayerInstance_31091911.setup({\nplaylist: \"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/EcbMLsFO\",\n})\n<\/script><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tech companies are racing to build data centers in space, pitching orbital compute as the next frontier for AI infrastructure, even as the technical and economic realities&nbsp;remain&nbsp;far from clear. Add&nbsp;in&nbsp;OpenAI\u2019s massive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/31\/openai-not-yet-public-raises-3b-from-retail-investors-in-monster-122b-fund-raise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$122 billion&nbsp;round<\/a>&nbsp;and Bluesky\u2019s latest AI backlash, and the message is clear:&nbsp;The future of AI is being shaped as much by ambition and hype as it is by real-world constraints.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this episode of&nbsp;TechCrunch\u2019s Equity podcast,&nbsp;Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Sean O\u2019Kane unpack&nbsp;these&nbsp;massive capital bets,&nbsp;user backlash, and off-world compute plans&nbsp;along with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/31\/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whoop\u2019s major valuation<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FBHhCp7itSw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the literal downfall of robot Olaf<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listen to the full episode to hear about:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/31\/openai-not-yet-public-raises-3b-from-retail-investors-in-monster-122b-fund-raise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OpenAI\u2019s&nbsp;$122 billion&nbsp;fundraise<\/a>&nbsp;and what its near-trillion-dollar valuation says about expectations for AI.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/31\/whoop-valuation-10b-series-g-fundraise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Whoop\u2019s $575 million raise<\/a>&nbsp;and the shift toward \u201cwearables 2.0\u201d (and what happens to all that data).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/30\/blueskys-new-ai-tool-attie-is-already-the-most-blocked-account-other-than-j-d-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bluesky\u2019s AI-powered feed builder<\/a>&nbsp;and why it triggered a major user backlash.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/03\/30\/starcloud-raises-170-million-series-ato-build-data-centers-in-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rise of data centers in space<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/11\/why-the-economics-of-orbital-ai-are-so-brutal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">whether\u00a0they are financially or physically\u00a0feasible<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TechCrunch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Overcast<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0and all the casts. 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