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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 computing nodes in space. The project includes a central 'LLM store' letting users choose open source AI models to process data gathered by satellite sensors. The proposal highlights growing interest in processing satellite data in orbit rather than transmitting it to Earth for analysis.
Why now: The ambitious scale of computing infrastructure in orbit and its AI-powered satellite data processing make it a novel space technology announcement.
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