SpaceX’s plan: Put all the data centers in space, then profit

The world’s most valuable companies are almost impossible to avoid. One makes your iPhone. One delivers packages to your door. One built the Windows operating system running in workplaces worldwide, while another makes chips powering countless computers and devices. There’s the firm behind a scrappy search engine you may have heard of: Google.

And then, there’s SpaceX — Elon Musk’s money-losing rocket start-up that has soared into the orbit of all of those tech juggernauts with a fleet of fantastical plans instead of ubiquitous products. With a more than $2.4 trillion valuation as of Thursday, SpaceX is the world’s sixth-most-valuable company…Read Full Article