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SoftBank’s CEO isn’t the only one with questions about Elon Musk’s orbital data center hype

By Anthony Ha Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 08:42 PM

Not everyone is buying Elon Musk’s vision for orbital data centers.

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Elon Musk

CEO, Tesla & SpaceX

Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and former public official who is the CEO and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025, and became the first and only trillionaire in terms of US dollars in mid June 2026; as of June 29, 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$1 trillion.