terrestrial

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Musk believes that space-based AI computing, powered directly by the sun, will be cheaper than terrestrial data centers in just a few years.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

"As non-native species and the largest living terrestrial animals, these imported beasts would have required transportation by ship," the academics said.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

"It shows that experimentation with herbivory goes all the way back to the earliest terrestrial tetrapods -- the ancient relatives of all land vertebrates, including us."

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

“Global electricity demand for AI simply cannot be met with terrestrial solutions, even in the near term, without imposing hardship on communities and the environment,” Musk said in a memo published Monday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

Stems of some kind of terrestrial growth block his goggle-eyed vision.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson