SpaceX has submitted an audacious proposal to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The company wants to launch up to one million satellites into Earth orbit. These won't be typical internet satellites like Starlink. Instead, they will be orbital data centers designed to power artificial intelligence (AI) workloads globally. The satellites would orbit between 500 km and 2,000 km above Earth in sun-synchronous and equatorial shells. Unlike standard communication satellites, each craft will be a solar-powered computing hub. SpaceX sees this as "the most efficient way" to meet the soaring demand for AI computing. By using solar energy from space, these satellites could run AI models more efficiently than on land. This could slash the huge energy and water costs tied to traditional data centers. SpaceX believes orbital data centers will handle expanding AI needs from language models, autonomous systems, and data analytics more sustainably. Why one million satellites? SpaceX frames the plan as a bold step toward using the Sun’s power directly for computing. This vision hints at advancing civilization’s technology on a scale similar to the Kardashev scale—a measure of a society's level of energy use. The proposal is now stirring debate in tech and space communities as it waits for FCC approval.