NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is advocating for moving artificial intelligence data centers into Earth orbit, saying abundant solar power could ease terrestrial energy constraints and strengthen the United States in both the space and AI races. During a Wednesday interview with Nexstar DC, reported by The Hill, Isaacman said orbital facilities could provide "immense benefits" without competing with ground-based projects for land or grid capacity. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimates U.S. data centers could consume 11.8% of electricity by 2030, with scenarios ranging from 9.5% to 15.3%, while the International Energy Agency expects global data-center electricity use to roughly double from 485 terawatt-hours in 2025 to 950 TWh by 2030. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) CEO Elon Musk has said "Space is the only way to scale at scale" for AI computing and that SpaceX could begin flying orbital data centers next year. Isaacman previously said there was "no reason to believe this will not come into existence." SpaceX's Starmind program outlines AI1 satellites with up to 250 kilowatts of peak compute power, solar arrays and laser links to Starlink. The company says a Bastrop, Texas, factory could produce thousands of AI satellites as soon as late 2027, while its prospectus targets the first modular orbital AI compute shells by decade's end. Rocket Lab Corp. (NASDAQ:RKLB) CEO Peter Beck calls space-based data centers "the next frontier in computing infrastructure," whereas Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ:AMZN) AWS CEO Matt Garman considers the concept "pretty far" from reality because of limited launch capacity and high payload costs. Reuters reported in April that SpaceX itself cautions orbital AI depends on unproven technology and may never become commercially viable.