软银集团创办人孙正义表示，在太空建造数据中心并无太大价值，因为虽然能省下电力成本，但其优势会被昂贵的太空运输、维护费用及通讯延迟所抵消，AI竞争的胜负最终将取决于陆地上的计算资源。

孙正义指出，在AI的争夺战中，未来几年的发展远比十多年后的事情更为关键。尽管他称赞马斯克是位杰出的变革者，但软银仍将集中资源于地球上，打造规模庞大的数据中心基础设施。

他同时承认AI竞争正日趋激烈，但认为OpenAI及其对手Anthropic与Google等仍有巨大的成长空间，因为AI发展尚处于起步阶段，未来具备十倍甚至百倍的成长潜力。

SoftBank Group Corp. founder Masayoshi Son stated that there is little merit to building data centers in space, explaining that the benefit of cutting electricity costs is outweighed by higher transport and maintenance fees as well as communication delays, predicting that the AI race will be clinched by compute on Earth.

Son pointed out that in the battle for AI, the next few years will be far more important than what might happen a decade or so from now. While calling Musk a remarkable agent of change, he stated that SoftBank will focus on building formidable data center capacity on Earth.

He also acknowledged that AI competition is intensifying, but believed there is more than enough room for growth for OpenAI and its major rivals like Anthropic and Google, as AI is still in its early stages with potential for ten-fold or hundred-fold growth.