Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
I sat down with Philip Johnston, the Founder of Starcloud at the company's Redmond HQ. Since my last video, Starcloud has successfully launched Starcloud1 the world's most powerful datacenter in space (by 100X!). Now everyone is trying to get a piece of the action. Elon Musk is getting in on it too... SpaceX has acquired xAI and plans to launch 1 million satellites in space. Google and Amazon are also following closely, as its becoming increasingly obvious 99% of of all compute is moving to space. Even Sam Altman was rumored to be buying a rocket company. I had a blast with Philip who breaks down his vision for Starcloud and the company's upcoming satellite launches, as well as their plans to launch an 88,000 satellite constellation for AI. What do you think? Will orbital datacenters become the world's largest industry?!
0:00 At Starcloud HQ in Redmond, WA
0:36 Status of Starcloud1 Datacenter in Space
2:24 SpaceX/XAI IPO For Orbital Datacenters
5:24 Starcloud Launching 88,000 Satellites
6:59 Datacenters Already 7% of US Electricity Demand
7:51 Sam Altman/OpenAI’s Play on Orbital Datacenters
8:59 Starcloud2 Launch Later This Year
9:25 Starcloud3 Plans With Starship
11:00 SpaceX’s Mass Driver On The Moon
13:38 Demand for Compute
16:25 AI Agents Are Coming
17:21 A Metaphor for Starcloud’s Business: Equinix
18:50 Starcloud’s Core Technology Advantage
19:37 Starcloud’s Future/Big Vision, Launching Chips!?
20:17 Bitcoin Mining In Space
22:59 Tesla Will Build A Space AI Chip
24:01 Zero Gravity Offloading Rig
24:56 NVDIA Chips for Starcloud2 Testing
26:53 Starcloud1 On The Move
27:58 Seattle Tech Scene BOOMING with Satellites
30:46 Starlink, Blue Origin & Amazon LEO Launching Space Internet
Starcloud website: starcloud.com
Philip Johnston on X: https://x.com/PhilipJohnston
My X: twitter.com/gfilche
HyperChange Patreon :) patreon.com/hyperchange
Disclaimer: I'm an investor in both Starcloud and SpaceX/XAI. Nothing in this show is financial advice.
I sat down with Philip Johnston, the Founder of Starcloud at the company's Redmond HQ. Since my last video, Starcloud has successfully launched Starcloud1 the world's most powerful datacenter in space (by 100X!). Now everyone is trying to get a piece of the action. Elon Musk is getting in on it too... SpaceX has acquired xAI and plans to launch 1 million satellites in space. Google and Amazon are also following closely, as its becoming increasingly obvious 99% of of all compute is moving to space. Even Sam Altman was rumored to be buying a rocket company. I had a blast with Philip who breaks down his vision for Starcloud and the company's upcoming satellite launches, as well as their plans to launch an 88,000 satellite constellation for AI. What do you think? Will orbital datacenters become the world's largest industry?!
0:00 At Starcloud HQ in Redmond, WA
0:36 Status of Starcloud1 Datacenter in Space
2:24 SpaceX/XAI IPO For Orbital Datacenters
5:24 Starcloud Launching 88,000 Satellites
6:59 Datacenters Already 7% of US Electricity Demand
7:51 Sam Altman/OpenAI’s Play on Orbital Datacenters
8:59 Starcloud2 Launch Later This Year
9:25 Starcloud3 Plans With Starship
11:00 SpaceX’s Mass Driver On The Moon
13:38 Demand for Compute
16:25 AI Agents Are Coming
17:21 A Metaphor for Starcloud’s Business: Equinix
18:50 Starcloud’s Core Technology Advantage
19:37 Starcloud’s Future/Big Vision, Launching Chips!?
20:17 Bitcoin Mining In Space
22:59 Tesla Will Build A Space AI Chip
24:01 Zero Gravity Offloading Rig
24:56 NVDIA Chips for Starcloud2 Testing
26:53 Starcloud1 On The Move
27:58 Seattle Tech Scene BOOMING with Satellites
30:46 Starlink, Blue Origin & Amazon LEO Launching Space Internet
Starcloud website: starcloud.com
Philip Johnston on X: https://x.com/PhilipJohnston
My X: twitter.com/gfilche
HyperChange Patreon :) patreon.com/hyperchange
Disclaimer: I'm an investor in both Starcloud and SpaceX/XAI. Nothing in this show is financial advice.
