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Baker: Space data centers will be the world's most important development

Gavin Baker · Paramount’s Deal Playbook, Trump Opens Nvidia’s China Door, Saudis Loosen Drinking Laws | Diet TBPN · Dec 10, 2025 · at 22:05

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Gavin Baker of Atreides Management outlines his investment thesis arguing that space-based AI compute will become the dominant infrastructure narrative.

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“I think the most important thing that's going to happen in the world in the next Three to four years is data centers in space.”

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