# AI satellites

Musk’s Moon Plan: Build a Lunar Factory to Mass‑Produce AI Satellites

Elon Musk told xAI staff that the company should build a factory on the Moon to manufacture AI satellites, arguing lunar production would provide unmatched compute and deployment advantages. The plan leverages SpaceX’s heavy‑lift ambitions but faces significant technical, economic and regulatory hurdles and could reshape strategic competition over AI infrastructure in space.