Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk’s space data centres as an AI-race bet

The Next Web
By Ana-Maria StanciucJun 23, 2026, 5:05 am103 pts
Masayoshi Son does not think the future of artificial intelligence is in orbit. The SoftBank Group founder told shareholders on 23 June 2026 that there is little merit in building data centres in space, the idea Elon Musk has been championing, and predicted the AI race would be won by compute kept firmly on the…

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