Elon Musk

Shares of the Elon Musk-led company fall 16% on Tuesday

Orbital data centres cut electricity costs, but power is a tiny fraction of total operating expense

SpaceX is asking investors to finance a business that is both unusually strong and unusually hard to model, says an expert

Volatility is likely to continue as investors weigh lofty expectations for future revenue growth without a clear path to achieving them

Some shareholders might object, but there is little they could do, legal experts say

The wealth inequality between the world’s rich elite and everyone else is growing

The move boosts the company’s market value to more than US$2.5 trillion

However, some Wall Street analysts cautioned about the company’s growth

Alwaleed Talal’s investment firm holds 42.4 million shares in SpaceX, valued at US$6.8 billion