SpaceX Has a $1.6 Trillion Opportunity That May Eclipse Its AI Business

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    "title": "SpaceX Has a $1.6 Trillion Opportunity That May Eclipse Its AI Business - The Globe and Mail",
    "excerpt": "Orbital AI data centers remain speculative, but Starlink is already profitable and growing rapidly, with a huge $1.6 trillion broadband and mobile connectivity market. Direct-to-cell service faces technical, regulatory, and competitive hurdles, so investors should watch Starlink Mobile's rollout. Most of the buzz lately around Space Exploration Technologies (NASDAQ: SPCX) centered on its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions, including the Grok chatbot it absorbed and its plans for data centers in orbit. Those headlines are exciting. But the initial public offering (IPO) from SpaceX (as the company is also known) points to a prize that could ultimately matter more: a connectivity opportunity that the company pegs at roughly $1.6 trillion. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a \"Double Down\" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same \"Total Conviction\" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue » Image source: Getty Images. That $1.6 trillion figure comes from Starlink , SpaceX's satellite internet business, and it breaks down into two pieces. The company sees about $870 billion in fixed broadband -- beaming internet to homes and businesses the ground network cannot easily reach -- and roughly $740 billion in mobile services. Starlink is already the workhorse of...",
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