Musk jokes about his "space lasers" to interfere in the elections after investing almost 500 million: "They didn't work"

Technology magnate Elon Musk was ironic this Wednesday about the result of the midterm elections, after breaking a new record and becoming the donor who has invested the largest amount of money in a single electoral cycle by reaching $474 million in donations to the Republican Party. "I guess my space lasers to interfere in the elections didn't work this time," he said ironically in a post on his social network, X, after learning of the Republican defeat in both US chambers of representation.

In another publication he has pointed out that data centers in space "are beginning to look like a fairly attractive option", coinciding with the fall of stock markets due to the perception that the victory of the Democrats in the United States threatens the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), which passes through these facilities.

His statements come on a day marked by stock market losses motivated by the AI ​​sector and associated by analysts with the perception of investors that the victories of the Democratic Party in the midterm elections threaten the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), for the development of which data centers are crucial.

The expansion and high consumption of resources of these facilities crept into the electoral debate in the United States, due to the concern of many citizens and the million-dollar outlay of the technology industry.

The Seoul Stock Exchange's benchmark index, the Kospi, fell 3.5% in the mid-session on Wednesday, although it managed to recover and closed with a rise of 0.62%, while the main indicator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Nikkei, fell 1.42%, weighed down by doubts in the AI ​​sector after the victory of the Democratic Party.