Elon Musk has given up on solar power (on Earth)
TechCrunch AI Tim De Chant May 23, 2026
AI Summary— plain English for professionals
# Elon Musk's Solar Promise Fades as His Companies Turn to Natural Gas Elon Musk spent years promoting solar power as the future of clean energy, but his AI company xAI has pivoted to relying on natural gas instead, while SpaceX explores building data centers in space. This shift suggests that even major tech leaders are finding solar power insufficient to meet the massive electricity demands of cutting-edge AI systems, at least for now.
Elon Muks's xAI has gone all in on natural gas, while SpaceX is obsessed with orbital data centers. What happened to the "solar-electric economy" he promised?
More from Best AI Tools
Get new guides every week
Real AI income strategies, tool reviews, and plain-English news — free in your inbox.
or enter email