Jared Isaacman, de Elon Musk, impulsa centros de datos espaciales con la NASA para desbloquear la ’economía orbital’

La próxima frontera de la computación no está en la nube, sino más allá de la atmósfera. Jared Isaacman, el socio de Elon Musk en misiones espaciales privadas, está presionando a la NASA para llevar centros de datos a la órbita terrestre. Su visión: construir la columna vertebral digital de una nueva economía entre las estrellas.

¿Por qué el espacio? Velocidad, latencia y soberanía.

Los servidores en órbita prometen procesamiento de datos a velocidades imposibles en tierra, con una latencia mínima para aplicaciones críticas. Imagina transacciones financieras globales que se liquidan en milisegundos o simulaciones científicas masivas que se ejecutan sin las limitaciones de la infraestructura terrestre. Es un salto cuántico para la potencia de cálculo, y la NASA tiene la llave para abrir la esclusa.

La 'economía orbital' despega.

Este no es solo un proyecto de TI de alto vuelo. Isaacman ve un ecosistema completo: fabricación en microgravedad, minería de asteroides y, sí, centros de datos que sirven como el núcleo digital de todo ello. La infraestructura en el espacio podría generar billones, creando un nuevo mercado que hoy apenas podemos vislumbrar. Los escépticos en Wall Street, por supuesto, ya están calculando el ROI por kilogramo lanzado, preguntándose si es el próximo gran boom o solo humo cósmico para inflar valoraciones.

El futuro se escribe en el vacío.

El empuje de Isaacman corta la burocracia tradicional y busca una asociación público-privada audaz. No se trata de reemplazar la infraestructura terrestre, sino de complementarla con una capa orbital de capacidad informática. Si tiene éxito, redefinirá no solo dónde almacenamos nuestros datos, sino cómo interactúan la economía global y la exploración espacial. Prepárate: la próxima revolución digital podría no tener un código postal, sino una designación orbital.

Trump’s NASA pick returns with space business agenda

Trump first picked Jared to run NASA back in December 2024. Then, in May, he suddenly yanked the nomination. No reason was given, but insiders allegedly pointed fingers at Jared’s tight relationship with Elon, since Trump and the latter publicly broke up last summer.

But the beef didn’t last. Trump circled back in November and renominated Jared, who already had the astronaut badge after flying on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon in 2021.

Now he’s not just aiming for the moon.Jared laid out plans for space data centers, nuclear power, and Helium-3 mining.

The rare gas could be a future fuel for fusion reactors and is buried in the moon’s surface. He also wants a permanent base, with nuclear propulsion systems ready to go beyond the moon.

That’s not a fantasy. Jared made it clear that these ideas are already in motion. NASA is working with SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, and Boeing under the Artemis campaign, which focuses on building a long-term presence on the moon and preparing for missions to Mars.

Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act gave this campaign a huge boost by dropping $9.9 billion into NASA’s pocket earlier this year. Artemis II, the first crewed test flight on NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, is scheduled soon. That mission will be followed by Artemis III, with SpaceX providing the lunar landing vehicle.

Jared also said both SpaceX and Blue Origin are making reusable heavy-lift rockets using on-orbit cryogenic propellant transfer. He said, “That’s what’s going to enable us to be able to go to and from the moon affordably, with great frequency, and set up for missions to Mars and beyond.”

Tesla’s Cybertruck problem gets a SpaceX-sized bailout

Back on Earth, Tesla’s numbers are looking ugly. The company is struggling to sell even 20,000 Cybertrucks a year. That’s a far cry from Elon’s original promise of 500,000 units. Warehouses are now overflowing with unsold trucks. Production has already been scaled back.

But here comes SpaceX. The company bought over 1,000 Cybertrucks, and they might double that soon. An X user posted a video showing a storage lot filled with the vehicles. With each truck priced around $80,000, SpaceX’s order could total between $80 million and $160 million in Tesla sales.

Clearly, SpaceX is now turning into the main source of Elon’s wealth, not Tesla, like we’re used to. If things keep going this way, it will almost certainly even push his net worth over $1 trillion by this time next year.

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