{"id":541968,"date":"2026-07-24T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/541968\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T13:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T13:02:27","slug":"spacex-google-to-announce-partnership-to-build-orbital-data-centers-crypto-punters-weigh-2026-odds-sp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/541968\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX, Google to Announce Partnership to Build Orbital Data Centers? Crypto Punters Weigh 2026 Odds &#8211; Sp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Polymarket Odds Fall Sharply<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">An official agreement between Google and SpaceX related to launching, developing, operating, or partnering on orbital data centers will suffice for a \u201cYes\u201d resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Is Space Computing the Future?<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Orbital compute refers to computers and servers that operate aboard satellites or space stations in Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Elon Musk has been a long-standing advocate of orbital computing and expressed confidence that SpaceX could prepare to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/space\/26\/07\/60407246\/elon-musk-says-spacex-will-fly-orbital-data-centers-next-year-jim-chanos-isnt-buying-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">build\u00a0orbital data centers\u00a0as soon as next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">He said that space-based computing is inevitable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/space\/26\/06\/60001004\/elon-musk-says-orbital-computing-unlocks-trillion-times-more-scale-as-brian-armstrong-calls-earths-excessive-regulation-a-drag-on-progress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">because it offers a &#8220;trillion times&#8221; more scale<\/a> than anything possible on Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">In May, reports surfaced that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/prediction-markets\/26\/05\/52499939\/google-spacex-reportedly-in-talks-for-orbital-data-centers-ahead-of-musks-mammoth-ipo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> SpaceX and Google are in talks for a launch deal<\/a>, with Google planning prototype satellite launches by 2027<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Google CEO\u00a0Sundar Pichai\u00a0said that &#8220;tiny racks of machines&#8221; in satellites could become a normal way to build data centers within a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Price Action: SpaceX shares rose 0.63% in after-hours trading after closing 6.70% lower at $115.26 during Wednesday\u2019s regular trading session. Alphabet shares <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">According to Benzinga\u2019s Edge Stock Rankings, the SPCX stock has shown a weaker price trend across short-, medium-, and long-term horizons<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/SPCX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Photo Courtesy: Paopano on Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Polymarket Odds Fall Sharply An official agreement between Google and SpaceX related to launching, developing, operating, or partnering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[266648,16303,156768,74337,12224,111,139,69,12223,147,392,266649,266651,266650,69347,69348,237797,266652,266653,266654,264337],"class_list":["post-541968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-category-cryptocurrency","tag-category-news","tag-category-prediction-markets","tag-category-space","tag-cms-wordpress","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-pageisbzpro-bz","tag-science","tag-space","tag-symbol-btc","tag-symbol-pol","tag-symbol-zec","tag-symbol-goog","tag-symbol-googl","tag-symbol-spcx","tag-tag-data-center","tag-tag-polymarket","tag-tag-prediction-market","tag-tag-space-stocks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}