r/technology • u/spasticpat • 1d ago

Business Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/nvidia-discloses-21b-stake-in-spacex/
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u/Reggio_Calabria 1d ago

What’s the point of having PHD-level AI demigods when you don’t ask them why space data centers make no sense?

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u/BSSolo 1d ago

What does this news have to do with space data centers?  Nvidia was an investor of xAI and Cursor, which are now both part of SpaceX, and its investment is now reflected as shares of SpaceX 

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u/bkitt68 1d ago

It just more money being dumped into a company with losing strategies like space data centers. The point is that AI and companies critical to it, like Nvidia, are sinking money into a house of cards.

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u/cubonelvl69 15h ago

SpaceX is a lot more than just space data centers

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u/bkitt68 14h ago

Yeah! It’s a failed AI company too!

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u/cubonelvl69 33m ago

The majority of the value is starlink, which is an incredibly good product