The speed at which SpaceX brings terrestrial AI data centers online is one of the two most important variables in valuing the SpaceX IPO, since faster buildout directly lowers cost and increases monetization.
Gavin Baker argues that how fast SpaceX brings terrestrial AI data centers online is one of the two biggest levers for the IPO, since speed directly reduces build cost and increases monetization rates. ✦ AI generated
Gavin Baker · BG2 Pod · 2026-06-11 · original ↗
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“What are the key levers that we ought to be thinking about that you're thinking about over the course of the next few years?”
We do know from Jensen that uh Elon brings data centers up faster than anyone 122 days. Speed is literally cost because every day you're paying electricians and plumbers. That's cost. And they're now monetizing them at arguably the highest rate.
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2:19next few years? >> Sure. Um so great to be here. Thank you for having me. I thought we're going to call it B BGG B, but [laughter] we can stick with BG2. I've been your house. >> hey. All subject to revision. >> That's okay. That's okay. So I think there's two big levers or variables that I think people should focus on. And you know, I'm not going to comment on where I
2:39think um those variables go. But one is um you guys have this chart. Um did you did you post this on X? >> I did I did before and then we also included a new addition with uh XAI's new deals as well. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> So Clark, who I've known for many years, um uh made a did a great analysis here. And he shows that XAI's deal um with
3:04Google for cloud computing uh generates more operating profit per gigawatt um than Anthropic, than Meta, than Google, than OpenAI. Uh their deal um >> [clears throat] >> actually with uh Anthropic also generates probably more operating profit than anyone but um Anthropic. And so you know, um the your your colleague at Altimeter, Freida, also she calculated a 55% IRR >> Mhm. >> on Claude's one. >> Mhm. >> You know, if you can borrow money at 6,
3:347, 8% and invest in something with a 55% ARR, I'm not the most sophisticated thinker, but that math maths. >> Right. >> And so I think the most important variable, one of the two most important, is how quickly they bring on terrestrial data centers. >> Mhm. >> We do know from Jensen that uh Elon brings data centers up faster than anyone 122 days. Speed is literally cost
3:57because every day you're paying electricians and plumbers. That's cost. And they're now monetizing them at arguably the highest rate. And so I think, you know, everybody should run their own math on that, but that is a massive variable. >> Yes. >> Truly massive variable. The second thing is, you know, we have a chart and it's wildly out of date now. It's kind of freaking amazing. This chart is I think
4:21is this chart from 10 days ago? But it like the 10 or 12 days since this chart since we made this chart which shows the Pareto curves for Opus 4.7 for coding for Codex from OpenAI. And now we've had Opus 4.8. It was already out of date. And now we have Fable >> Totally. >> and Mythos, which is freaking wild. In 10 days >> Yes. >> like we would have had to update the
- ·Elon brings data centers online in 122 days
- ·Speed is cost: fewer days paying electricians, plumbers
- ·SpaceX monetizes data centers at highest rate
- ·Buildout speed ranks among top two valuation drivers
- ·Faster buildout lowers total construction cost
- ·Faster buildout raises monetization rate