Pioneering Bitcoin Mining in Space to monetize stranded orbital solar energy. Turning sunlight in space into digital value. Co-Founder @IntercosmicNRG 🛰️
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Thank you @APompliano for this 5 star article about my BIG idea of monetizing stranded solar energy with bitcoin miners attached to orbital solar panels in space. I am deeply humbled.
Let's make this a reality!🚀
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Nick Moran retweeted
Yes
Elon Musk predicts space will become the lowest-cost place to run superintelligence within just 2–3 years
“I think the case is a no-brainer for building solar-powered AI data centers in space”
Solar panels facing the Sun and radiators pointed away from it can provide an incredibly efficient power and cooling system
“The net effect is that the lowest cost place to put AI will be space. And that'll be true within two years, maybe three at the latest”
Nick Moran retweeted
Why it makes sense to eventually put all compute in space:
“Data centers are all an energy problem.”
“In space, for each solar panel, you get 5x more power than on the ground because you can put them in a sun synchronous orbit that is always looking at the sun.”
“No interruption from clouds, no interruption from day and night. You don't need batteries, you don't need gas.”
“5x more power straight to the chips, and then you just have to add radiators to cool those chips into the darkness of space.”
“It is just going to be cheaper.”
“It's also going to be better for communities that don't want these data centers in their backyard because of rising energy costs, water usage & other challenges.”
“It's just going to be smarter to put that infrastructure in orbit eventually.”
“Eventually we’ll put power in space & beam that down, & other things, but the first piece, by far easiest, is compute.”
— Planet CEO Will Marshall (@Will4Planet)
NEW: The case for AI data centers in space, Earth intelligence, & why orbital compute could soon be cheaper than on Earth
Interview w/ Planet Labs (NYSE: $PL) Co-Founder & CEO Will Marshall (@Will4Planet)
"Data centers is all an energy problem."
"In space, for each solar panel, you get 5X more power."
@planet has built 718 satellites, 2nd only to SpaceX, & operates the only constellation capable of imaging Earth's entire landmass daily, generating 4M images per day.
Now, Planet is working with Google on Project Suncatcher, testing AI compute in orbit, alongside NVIDIA-powered processing aboard its Pelican satellites.
Will explains the economics:
"No interruption from clouds, no interruption from day & night. So you don't have to have batteries, you don't have to have gas, you don't have any of those other power systems."
He estimates that once launch costs hit $200 to $300/kg, roughly 3X to 4X below SpaceX's current price, orbital data centers could be cheaper than ones on Earth.
"This is going to suddenly massively increase the size of the space sector."
Beyond compute, we discuss how Planet is turning its massive archive of Earth data into AI-powered intelligence, alongside its growing defense business supporting Ukraine, the US Navy, and sovereign satellite programs across Europe & Asia, including Sweden's first reconnaissance satellite, launched just four months after signing.
With growing resistance to terrestrial data center construction, many are watching if next major AI infrastructure buildout going to happen in orbit..
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Will Marshall, Co-Founder & CEO at Planet Labs
(00:49) “We go where the cool people are”
(01:46) What it takes to image Earth every day
(04:13) Why information is power in modern war
(07:39) Why countries want their own satellites
(08:34) How Wall Street & Big Tech are watching from space
(10:22) The new face of warfare
(11:16) The most surprising uses of satellite imagery
(14:49) Imaging any point on Earth within 30 minutes
(17:24) What if you could ask a satellite a question?
(19:41) Every AI story comes back to compute
(20:38) Do data centers in space make sense?
(25:32) Why satellites are so sensitive
(26:55) The NASA maverick who made Planet Labs possible
(28:37) Who's on Planet Labs no-go list
(29:18) Will's prediction on finding aliens
(33:34) Inside NASA's alien hotline
(35:05) How a childhood hero inspired Will’s space career
(38:21) Why persistence matters most
Nick Moran retweeted
A ‘hello world’ milestone for Project Suncatcher 🚀
After launching our prototype satellite a few weeks ago, we’ve now successfully sent a command up to orbit, booted up the TPU, ran the prompt, and received our first complete response back on earth - a haiku!
Nick Moran retweeted
Hard assets like gold, land and bitcoin will last forever.
Put those in a portfolio with high-risk moonshot bets and you end up with a barbell investment strategy that pairs boring resilience with disruptive technology.
@APompliano explains.
Investors are worried about bond yields and oil prices but AI is accelerating so rapidly that traditional macro indicators do not matter.
I sat down with @APompliano to unpack the current market outlook, the case for bitcoin, gold and land during an AI boom, and how the rise of AI agents impacts the bull case for bitcoin.
We also discussed Pomp's new book, How to live an Extraordinary Life Vol. 2.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Macro bears are wrong
5:53 - AI adoption reality check
8:23 - Bitcoin, gold, land
10:08 - $MSFT and $NFLX
14:31 - Barbell portfolio strategy
16:01 - How AI impacts $BTC
19:41 - Gold
20:43 - How to Live an Extraordinary Life Vol. 2
23:05 - The ego tax
24:02 - Procrastination is arrogance
25:19 - Amateurs built Noah's Ark
Nick Moran retweeted
Bubble fears sparked a wave of “the bubble popped” takes. What’s actually appears to be popping is hedge fund leverage. AI keeps advancing at a pace that makes the future genuinely uncertain.
@elonmusk has long said abundance is coming. That abundance hurts the terminal value of nearly every company by collapsing scarcity and pricing power. Markets are finally starting to adjust to that. Pomp and I talk about it all this week as well as BTC continuing to disconnect from tech.
This week @jvisserlabs explains the death of hedge funds and why so many of them are blowing up.
We cover the lessons from LTCM, why CPI doesn't matter anymore, whether Anthropic growth is slowing, why bitcoin is holding strong, how tokenization could reshape Wall Street, and Elon's flying car.
YouTube: youtu.be/5nUxci_05jA?si=B4p0…
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0sB…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - What LTCM teaches us about today’s market
14:10 - Tokenization & the death of hedge funds
17:40 - Why bitcoin is holding strong
23:33 - AI is offense, bitcoin is defense
26:47 - When bitcoin’s next rally happens
29:38 - Why CPI doesn’t matter anymore
35:59 - Debate: is Anthropic’s growth slowing?
54:02 - Elon’s flying car & a Tesla SpaceX merger
57:26 - AI capital needs & market liquidity
Thanks to Laurence Russell and DataCenterDynamics for featuring Intercosmic Energy in DCD Magazine’s discussion on orbital data centers.
“If history has shown anything, it's that new infrastructure paradigms almost always look strange at the beginning, and obvious in hindsight... I think the optimists will be right more often than not here.” - Nickolas Moran
Enjoy! 👇
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Just got How to Live an Extraordinary Life: Volume II today.
I rarely read an entire book in one sitting, but I couldn’t put this one down. I just finished it, and it’s incredible.
The wisdom Anthony has accumulated by this point in his life is truly something to aspire to. As someone in my 30s as well, I hope to develop that same level of wisdom, perspective, and ability to turn ideas into action.
What makes this book especially meaningful to me is that I’ve experienced firsthand how one of Anthony’s books can change the trajectory of your life.
After reading Volume I, I sent Anthony an idea I had: Bitcoin Mining in Space.
Anthony’s obsession with hunting for good ideas led our paths to cross.
He wrote about the idea in The Pomp Letter in 2024, and that moment helped spark what has become my extraordinary life, taking an idea I couldn’t stop thinking about and turning it into action as the Co-Founder & CEO of my current startup.
That’s why I don’t say this lightly:
Reading Anthony’s books can genuinely change the way you think and potentially change what you do with your life.
I also love that this book is written as letters to his children. You can feel the wisdom being passed down from a father to his kids, and I feel incredibly grateful to now be a recipient of some of that wisdom too.
Anthony’s children are very fortunate to have a father who is intentional about passing these lessons down to them. And we’re lucky that he’s willing to share them with the rest of us.
Highly recommend this book to everyone.
Go read it. Then go do something extraordinary with what you learned.
Dear friends - I need your help today.
My new book is being published this morning. It contains 50 life-changing ideas that impacted me personally, professionally, or financially.
I promise if you read the book, you will still be thinking about these ideas for months to come.
Order a copy here: amazon.com/How-Live-Extraord…
I don't have a large, traditional publisher. I am not doing a bunch of mainstream media interviews to promote the book.
Instead, I am counting on the power of the internet, plus the high-quality nature of the book, to kickstart viral word-of-mouth.
If you have ever received value from anything I have done, please consider buying a physical copy or getting the audiobook.
I appreciate your support in advance.
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Just met NFL coaching legend Mike Shannahan at the Denver Airport. One of the most friendly and humble human beings I’ve ever had the pleasure of running into! This life is awesome.
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Grateful to have been invited to Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business for the 23rd Annual Rice Alliance Energy Tech Venture Forum.
It was an absolute blast meeting dozens of investors and founders who are building the next generation of energy systems. The conversations around Al infrastructure, hard-tech deployment, and how energy actually gets commercialized at scale were outstanding.
A special highlight was the closing keynote, "Ahead of Consensus: The Next Frontier in Energy Tech," with Ira Ehrenpreis, Founder & Managing Partner of DBL Partners, and Brad Burke, former Associate Vice President of Rice Innovation and former Executive Director of the Rice Alliance.
From all of us at Intercosmic Energy, Thank you Tara Williams, Laura Neder, John (JR) Reale, and the rest of the Rice Alliance team for putting together one of the strongest energy-tech rooms of the year! 🚀
Excited to be on site today at The lon for Rice University Alliance Energy Tech Venture Forum Office Hours in Houston!
Proud to be representing Intercosmic Energy to pursue the next frontier of space, energy, and compute.
Houston is the world's capital for aerospace and energy. It already knows how to build systems that work at scale.
We're here to talk about what happens when that stack moves into orbit, turning continuous solar power into digital value where the energy already is.
Looking forward to conversations with Eni Next, Halliburton Labs, non sibi ventures, Silicon Valley Bank, New Climate Ventures (NCV), and Honda Xcelerator Ventures.
If you're at ETVF this week, let's connect!
