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Europe and UAE Plan $1 Billion Orbital Data Center
Original: Europe and UAE plan $1 billion orbital data center with 50 connected "computers" and a central "LLM store" that allows users to select what open source model to use on data collected by satellite sensors
Europe and the United Arab Emirates are planning a $1 billion data center in orbit, built around 50 connected satellite computers. A central 'LLM store' would let users choose which open source AI model to run on data gathered by satellite sensors, processing information in space rather than beaming it all back to Earth. The project highlights growing interest in orbital computing for space-based data processing.
Why now: The unusual combination of satellite hardware and in-orbit AI model selection makes it a novel step in space-based data infrastructure
European Space AgencyUnited Arab Emiratesorbital data center
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