The struggle for mastery, and the uses and abuses of power: AI data-centres in outer space, part 2

Written by: (Contributed) on 21 December 2025

(Source: https://space-axiom.com)

Further revelations about planning for AI data-centres in outer space have revealed a fierce power struggle for what is considered a potentially lucrative corporate sector business. It will remain outside the jurisdiction of law enforcement agencies; serious questions, therefore, arise including that of control: the space-based systems, potentially, will possess vast troves of data for the uses and abuses of power.

A major player in moves to establish AI data-centres in outer space has been identified as OpenAI chief executive, Sam Altman; the plans appear to be set on a challenge to Elon Musk's Space X program. (1) Altman has apparently been exploring the possibility of data-centres in outer space for sometime. While one stated explanation has been the ability of such data-centres to harness the power of the sun to generate power for operational purposes, the fact the data-centres will be outside the jurisdiction of law enforcement agencies is a far more likely explanation.

In fact, commentary about the proposals has actually noted 'there aren't those pesky regulations that executives like to complain about'. (2) Data collection on Earth, for example, is subject to privacy regulations and supposedly strictly controlled to avoid problems arising with hacking and the abuses of the 'dark web'.

The present-day decisions about data-centres in outer space rest upon earlier decisions taken at the highest level of the US National Security Agency during the earliest days of the internet and on-line provision to discontinue some traditional data-harvesting techniques and turn their attention to 'finding ways to exploit the global reach of Google, Microsoft, Venizon and other US technological powers'. (3) Hacking, for such people, is a standard method of operation. Ethical considerations have no point of reference in their thinking.

Altman, for example, forms part of a small group of individuals who benefited from research and development programs in the early days of Silicon Valley. From readily available information in the public domain, he is worth an estimated $2.8 billion and 'oversees an opaque and sprawling investment portfolio that includes more than four hundred companies'. (4)

Wealth and power would appear closely intertwined. The standard method of operation and business practice is, invariably, aggressive and designed not at competition but global domination. It is, therefore, a shadowy world which cannot be regarded as separate to the equally spurious world of the intelligence services. There remains a clear-cut commonality of interests and overlap of circles of influence.

Information about some of the companies controlled by Altman has revealed a preoccupation with information technology. The shadowy, surreptitious world of data-harvesting would appear highly lucrative. Following various processing, analysis and profiling, the returns on sales to users, likewise. Just one start-up company by Altman is set to make $13 billion revenue this year. (5)

OpenAI, controlled by Altman, recently signed contracts for 'new computing commitments' amounting to nearly $600 billion; it, therefore, raised 'questions about how it will pay for the developments'. (6) No answers, to date, have been forthcoming.

Altman, nevertheless, is no stranger to the world of self-publicity and pontification and exists somewhere along a continuum where one end is spooky science fiction reality and the other is an equally spooky corporate world of techno-fascism. He is a man for all seasons. Altman, for example, has recently been quoted as stating, 'I do guess that a lot of the world gets covered in data centres … like maybe we build a big Dyson sphere around the solar system and say … hey, it actually makes no sense to put these on earth'. (7) Earlier, when pressed about his commitment to democratic ideals, stated, 'democracy only works in a growing economy'. (8)

With the US economy in relative long-term decline, there remains little ambiguity in the personal projections of Altman and his associates. He is, in fact, an 'apocalypse preparer' with stated links to the Israeli Defence Forces. (9) Doomsday, for such people, is nigh; for his associates it marks the second coming and greater opportunities for Israel to further expand its borders into Palestinian lands.

Interestingly, Altman also has involvement with the shadowy and secretive Bilderberg group, a powerful banking cartel which carries a great deal of baggage. He is noted as attending their secret annual meetings during 2016, 2022 and 2023, tending to indicate his favoured status amongst counterparts and like-minded people. (10) Well beloved by conspiracy theorists, the banking cartel is supported by world leaders from business and political circles. Annual meetings usually attract about 120 members. (11)

When questioned about their secret banking practices, representatives of the Bilderberg Group have acknowledged that while 'they are unaccountable to voters … but … they do keep the international system functioning'. (12) They have also been accused of 'fixing the fate of the world behind closed doors'. (13)

Established during the early days of the previous Cold War in 1954, it has remained an influential body composed of agents of considerable influence to the present day. Its links with intelligence services have been well recorded. (14)

In conclusion, when the spooky Project Suncatcher was recently announced, with two satellites planned for launching in 2027, and designed to enable machine learning in outer space, it marked a significant upgrade to intelligence-harvesting beyond the jurisdiction of law enforcement agencies. (15) But then, that is what they do.

We need an independent foreign policy!

1. Altman explored deal to build Space X rival, Australian, 5 December 2025.
2. Tech moguls want to build data centres on the moon, Australian, 18 November 2025.
3. See: The intelligence coup of the century, The Washington Post, 11 February 2020,
4. Australian, op.cit., 5 December 2025.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. 'King among the cannibals', The Washington Post, 23 December 2023.
9. Wikipedia: Sam Altman – Companies.
10. Ibid.
11. Inside the secretive Bilderberg Group, BBC News, 29 September 2005.
12. Ibid.
13. Bilderberg: The ultimate conspiracy theory, BBC News, 3 June 2004.
14. See: Bilderberg and the 'Agents of Influence', CIA Infiltration of the labour movement, Lynn Walsh, (London, 1982), Chapter 4, pp. 27-31.
15. Australian, op.cit., 18 November 2025.