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In a nighttime reflection, Elon Musk pondered the fastest route to deploy a terawatt of computational power, roughly equivalent to all electrical output in the United States. Achieving such capacity necessitates localized and distributed energy sources, as the current grid would be insufficient.
He evaluated the possibility that 10 SpaceX Starships could produce a terawatt—a figure that initially seemed humorous or unrealistic, perhaps imagining fuel-burning in unison. However, Musk clarified that this was likely a reference to deploying space-based solar panels using Starships for launch logistics. Such systems would harness solar power directly in space, offering much higher efficiency due to the absence of atmospheric interference.