Wright: Space Data Centers Are Inevitable to Power Lunar and Martian Bases
Dan Wright · Data Centers in Space? Armada’s CEO on SpaceX and the Edge · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea · Jan 26, 2026 · at 7:23
Dan Wright, CEO of edge AI infrastructure company Armada, discusses the timeline and demand drivers for deploying data centers into orbit and off-world.
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“This is actually a debate that we have in terms of how soon it's going to happen, but it's definitely going to happen. Data centers in space is coming, and it makes sense, right? If you think about and you know, a lot of this is public, but what SpaceX is talking about with Starship, you know, going to the moon you're going to need compute, especially as you start to think about Optimus robots building, you know, bases on the moon, later Mars, you're going to need large amounts of compute.”
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