SpaceX unveils 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory, a new manufacturing facility for space-based data centers — aims for 1 GW/year of space AI compute by late 2027 from its satellites

Photo: SpaceX Gigasat factory. Photo courtesy of SpaceX. Article by Etiido Uko. Tom’s Hardware – June 9, 2026.

SpaceX has announced a new 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory in Bastrop, Texas, dedicated to building the infrastructure needed to achieve the company’s orbital data center goal. In an internally conducted interview posted on X on June 8, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed that the facility is expected to begin producing complete “AI satellites” by 2027. The company is targeting 1 gigawatt (GW) of orbital AI compute capacity by the end of next year, with plans to scale that figure by an order of magnitude annually thereafter. […]

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