New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has ridiculed the idea of orbital data centres amid a dedicated push by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to power AI development from space. The idea is being explored by Google as well, according to CEO Sundar Pichai, with the search giant set to take its first step soon.

Asked about the feasibility of the idea during his visit to New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Altman told Indian Express, "Putting data centres in space with the current landscape is ridiculous."

"Orbital data centres are not going to matter at scale this decade due to the rough math of launch costs and how hard it is to fix a broken GPU in space," the Open AI CEO explained.

However, acknowledging that that there would "co...