A surprise announcement that has already entered the history of world finance. Elon Musk has announced that his SpaceX has acquired the artificial intelligence startup xAI. The deal creates a $1.25 trillion behemoth, the largest for an unlisted company. And it could have positive consequences on people over time electricity bills. The company that produces space rockets is valued at 1,000 billion, while the company active in AI provided another 250 billion. The founder of Tesla and also owner of X (formerly Twitter) declared that he had given away the
most ambitious and vertically integrated innovation engine on and off Earth, with AI, rockets and space internet
Operation Musk with reflections on electricity bills
The agreement will take place via share exchange: 1 share of xAI in exchange for 0.1433 SpaceX shares. According to the filings, xAI shares were valued at $75.46 and SpaceX shares at $526.59. The objective of the merger was justified with the creation of “data center in orbita“.
And this is where Musk could create a technological revolution with a beneficial impact on electricity bills.
The question is this: AI data centers consume so much energy, to the point that they are increasing global demand with repercussions on prices for families and businesses. Musk would have found a solution, that is, to send the microprocessors into orbit via satellites and they would exploit thesolar energy 24 hours a day thanks to the panels they would be equipped with. They would send the data to planet Earth with a laser beam. Only one problem would remain: avoiding overheating. On Earth it is solved by using jets of cold water, while in space it is not clear what the remedy would be.
But the Tesla boss claims to have devised a system.
Towards IPO within the year
The operation is taking on crucial importance from a financial and technological point of view. It must be concluded by March 16th and the shareholders who do not accept it will be able to be liquidated and withdraw from the capital. There would be discontent among SpaceX shareholders, whose stake will be diluted due to the share swap. Musk aims toIPO within the yearpossibly ahead of rivals like OpenAI and Anthropic. It plans to raise $50 billion, which would make the stock market debut the largest ever in the world. It would beat Aramco’s precedent in 2019, when 29.4 billion in total was raised.
US advantage over AI increasingly strong
There will be a crowding of IPO in AI on Wall Street in the second half of the year and there is a risk of not finding enough capital for everyone. On a technological level, SpaceX-xAI’s innovation would give further impetus to AI without impacting the environment and electricity bills. The topic is sensitive, so much so that the Trump administration wants to study how to load part of the price of energy onto the balance sheets of the Silicon Valley giants. The initiative would make the US advantage even more plastic in a field destined to shape the fate of the world economy for the coming decades.
giuseppe.timpone@investireoggi.it
date:2026-02-08 11:36:00
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