SpaceX and Tesla’s $3tn merger is weeks away as ‘sentient sun’ plan evolves

SpaceX and Tesla’s merger may be just weeks away, a new report claims Elon Musk has revealed a plan to buy 100GW of solar power equipment Musk wants to use the gear to build a ‘sentient sun’ in outer space High-profile talks to merge Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla companies are moving ahead, Bloomberg

<![CDATA[ <article> <ul><li><strong>SpaceX and Tesla’s merger may be just weeks away, a new report claims</strong></li><li><strong>Elon Musk has revealed a plan to buy 100GW of solar power equipment</strong></li><li><strong>Musk wants to use the gear to build a ‘sentient sun’ in outer space</strong></li></ul><p>High-profile talks to merge Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Tesla companies are moving ahead, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-12/spacex-and-tesla-talks-on-record-merger-are-said-to-progress" target="_blank">Bloomberg claims</a>, setting the scene for “a combination that could redefine the limits of global dealmaking.”</p><p>Ongoing discussions are said to be progressing well, with Bloomberg reporting that the two companies’ boards are “hammering out the terms of the tie-up and governance structure of the combined entity, among other matters.” A deal could be struck as soon as December, just a couple of weeks from now, although it might slip into 2027. </p><p>The combined companies would cover a broad range of industries, including <a href="https://www.techradar.com/pro/russia-is-still-trying-to-make-its-starlink-competitor-work-32-new-rassvet-satellites-launched-into-orbit-but-it-still-isnt-enough-to-operate-fully">space exploration</a>, <a href="https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/ive-tested-all-the-best-new-evs-of-2026-here-are-my-5-favorites-so-far-from-honda-to-hyundai">electric vehicles</a> and battery technology. And considering SpaceX’s value sits at $1.9 trillion and Tesla is worth $1.5 trillion, the resulting $3 trillion conglomerate could be one of the largest and most valuable firms on the planet. </p><p>That will likely bring attention from Democratic lawmakers now that the party controls both houses of Congress and has vowed to <a href="https://www.techradar.com/pro/big-tech-is-quietly-preparing-for-democratic-scrutiny-as-trump-tries-to-crack-down-on-free-speech">investigate Musk’s business dealings</a>. There are also potential questions surrounding how the combined company will manage national security questions relating to SpaceX’s government contracts and Tesla’s large presence in China.</p><h2 id="building-a-sentient-sun">Building a ‘sentient sun’</h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check="" ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:6000px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="U66noHwAYeQvNkMZxvkUYe" name="shutterstock_2434370467.jpg" alt="Elon Musk wearing a suit and walking in New York" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/U66noHwAYeQvNkMZxvkUYe-1920-80.jpg" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="6000" height="3375" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline" /></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: Shutterstock/photosince)</span></figcaption></figure><p>Elon Musk has said that one of the main motivators for the merger is his plan to build a <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/elon-musk-says-a-sentient-sun-built-from-a-million-satellites-is-the-aim-of-the-spacex-and-xai-merger-but-big-questions-remain">“sentient sun”</a> in outer space that would function as a kind of manmade satellite constellation. The resulting space-based <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/gpu/amd-ceo-enrages-gamers-by-saying-its-now-a-data-center-first-company-and-predicts-pc-sales-will-plummet-by-a-double-digit-percentage-in-2027">data center</a> system would be dubbed Starmind and get its power from the sun using built-in <a href="https://www.techradar.com/home/energy-saving/getting-solar-panels-pigeon-proof-them-right-away-before-acidic-droppings-ruin-your-investment-and-its-too-late-to-evict-them">solar panels</a>. </p><p>In pursuit of this, SpaceX has just ordered <a href="https://www.singulus.com/2026/11/10/spacex-heterojunction-solar-cells-singulus/" target="_blank">100 gigawatts’ worth of solar equipment</a> from German firm Singulus, with the deal reportedly worth $69 million. Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2120302471210033426" target="_blank">later clarified</a> that the order was for 100GW of solar production equipment per year, not a one-off arrangement. </p><p>However, <a href="https://ir.spacex.com/financials/sec-filings-details/default.aspx?FilingId=19467149" target="_blank">SpaceX’s 2026 SEC filings</a> indicate that in order to hit this target, the company would need to perform thousands of satellite launches per year, with <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/elon-musk-says-a-sentient-sun-built-from-a-million-satellites-is-the-aim-of-the-spacex-and-xai-merger-but-big-questions-remain">some skeptics</a> suggesting that the cost of operating such a system in space could be prohibitively high.</p><p>As the Singulus order is for manufacturing equipment rather than the finished solar cells, it suggests that SpaceX wants to build its space-bound solar panels in house. Production is expected to begin in 2027 at Musk’s facility in Bastrop, Texas — by which point the merger with Tesla could be a done deal.</p> </article> ]]>