SpaceX is advancing plans for AI data centers positioned in orbit and offered a preview as the company prepares for its IPO.

During a Monday interview with a SpaceX team member that was posted on X, Elon Musk presented the most specific view to date of the AI satellite the firm intends to send into space repeatedly.

SpaceX specifications indicate the AI data center will stand 20 meters high with a 70-meter wingspan, making it the biggest satellite the company has launched so far.

Musk called the design a draft of the first version of the orbital data center, consisting of an AI chip rack backed by large solar arrays and liquid cooling systems.

He noted the setup is simpler than the Starlink satellites SpaceX has deployed since 2019 and will draw heavily on technology already created for the satellite internet network.

Musk added that the project does not present major new challenges compared with existing company work.

The large solar panels will be produced at a new facility in Bastrop, Texas, where SpaceX already manufactures Starlink parts. Musk stated the Gigasat factory, covering more than 11 million square feet, is being built and should reach meaningful output by the close of next year.

Musk has long supported orbital data centers for training and operating advanced AI systems, citing abundant solar power and reduced community opposition that often affects ground-based projects.

SpaceX has signaled plans to launch up to one million such AI data centers, with the scale of orbital computing forming a key element of its investor presentation ahead of a public listing valued at 1.75 trillion dollars this week.

Company filings defend the valuation by citing a 28.5 trillion dollar total addressable market, with AI representing 26.5 trillion dollars of that figure.

In another Monday discussion, SpaceX CFO Bret Johnson confirmed the AI data centers will rely on Nvidia GPUs.

The platforms are also expected to incorporate radiation-hardened chips from Terafab, the large semiconductor plant SpaceX is developing alongside Tesla and Intel.

Musk indicated on Monday that the Terafab site would measure about 10 million square feet, roughly ten times the size of Tesla largest Austin factory.