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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Business
Niloy Chakrabarti

Silver Could Be The Biggest Winner From SpaceX's IPO: Experts Warn Supplies May Run Out In 3 Years

SpaceX plans to build data centres in space powered by massive solar arrays. (Credit: SpaceX/Pexels)

As SpaceX nears its $75 billion IPO at a $1.7 trillion valuation, market experts believe that the company's goal to develop and deploy orbital AI satellites and data centres in space—powered by solar arrays—amid the broader buildout of AI infrastructure is highly likely to intensify the demand for silver.

SpaceX had described early satellites generating 100 kilowatts of compute power, and from there onwards, the company plans to scale across a constellation in Sun-synchronous orbit with near-constant solar exposure.

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