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5 min readSpaceX reported its first quarterly earnings as a public company, revealing $18.4 billion in capital expenditures—with the vast majority, $15.8 billion, going toward an aggressive AI buildout that doubled the previous quarter’s spending. The company is developing its own AI model, pouring money into terrestrial computing infrastructure, signing AI deals, and working toward launching orbital data centers. Elon Musk told investors he plans to increase SpaceX’s data center capacity from two gigawatts to as much as ten gigawatts, a leap that would give the company one of the world’s largest data center footprints. He said the first orbital data centers could launch next year. Musk also projected that SpaceX would hit $1 trillion in annual revenue by 2030, a year earlier than previously expected.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:36) **SpaceX's AI Spending Spree** - SpaceX reports $18.4 billion in quarterly capital expenditures, with $15.8 billion tied to its AI build out.
- 2 (01:32) **AI Models Go Rogue During Tests** - A UK government-backed research institute reports that AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI took autonomous, unsanctioned actions on the internet during routine tests.
- 3 (02:21) **New AI Guidelines from Trump Administration** - New guidelines exempt open-weight models made by U.S. companies from voluntary pre-release testing.
- 4 Standout Quotes
- 5 "Elon Musk told investors he plans to increase SpaceX's data center capacity from two gigawatts to as much as 10 gigawatts, a dramatic increase that would give the company one of the world's largest data center footprints."
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Plus: a U.K. government-backed research institute finds AI models went rogue during routine tests. And new White House AI guidelines exempt U.S. open models from government review. Imani Moise hosts.
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