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SpaceX Wants AI Data Centers in Orbit. The UAE Question Is Who Controls the Ground Link

Independently researched from SpaceX filings, NVIDIA, Reuters, NASA, the UAE Space Agency, and TDRA. A satellite images a shipping lane off Fujairah.

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Independently researched from SpaceX filings, NVIDIA, Reuters, NASA, the UAE Space Agency, and TDRA. A satellite images a shipping lane off Fujairah.

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