SpaceX Deal Targets Solar Cell Production Capacity of 100 Gigawatts a Year

SpaceX has entered a supply agreement with German production equipment firm SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES as it works to expand its Starmind computing satellite constellation, according to Wccftech.

The agreement allows SpaceX to procure equipment for producing solar cells. The company aims eventually to make enough cells to generate 100 gigawatts of power per year, the report says.

SpaceX plans to expand computing satellites that could carry artificial intelligence chips, including chips from NVIDIA, into orbit. The source describes the solar cell equipment deal as part of those efforts, but provides no timeline for reaching the 100-gigawatt annual production target.

The source also links the plan to Elon Musk’s ambition to build what he has called a “sentient sun.” It does not provide further details about that concept or explain how the planned solar cell production would support it.