The Orbital Data Infrastructure
Researching the transition of global computing to space: powered by infinite solar, cooled by the void, and enabled by the next generation of heavy-lift launch.
Power Delta
+35% Intensity
Latency (LEO)
< 15 ms
Launch Price
$200 / kg
The Problem: Terrestrial Caps
Data centers currently consume nearly **3% of global electricity**. On the current trajectory of AI training (demanding 10x compute every 18 months), we will reach a "Thermodynamic Wall" where the cost of cooling on Earth exceeds the value of the computation.
Critical Insight: Moving compute to space isn't just about efficiency; it's about avoiding the 40% energy waste inherent in terrestrial AC systems.
The Solution: Orbit
By utilizing Sun-Synchronous Orbits and passive radiative cooling, orbital data centers achieve a near-perfect PUE of 1.05. This eliminates the need for Earth's freshwater and local power grids.
Thermodynamics: Earth vs Space
Projected Global Compute Demand
Cooling Efficiency (PUE)
Terrestrial (Fans/AC)
Orbital (Radiative)
Orbital Dynamics Simulator
Dawn-Dusk synchronization for 24/7 solar uptime.
The Space Cloud Race
The Enabler Layer
SpaceX (Starlink)
The vertical stack of compute: Launch (Starship) + Network (Laser Links) + Platform (Starshield). SpaceX owns the only infrastructure capable of massive orbital server deployment.
Market Specialists
EU Project ASCEND
Studying 200MW clusters to bypass European energy grid constraints. Aiming for sovereign green cloud clusters.
Lonestar Data
Disaster recovery in Lunar lava tubes. The "Global Reset" backup for human data civilization.
Microsoft Azure Space
Edge compute for real-time Earth Observation processing. Shrinking the data from petabytes to kilobytes in-situ.
xAI / Colossus
Potential client for space-training. Moving the massive AI heat load off-planet to scale intelligence indefinitely.
The "Starship Effect" on Strategy
Payload to LEO
Allows for heavy lead/water radiation shielding and full-sized server racks.
Internal Launch Cost
Makes the capital expenditure of space lower than terrestrial land acquisition.
Flight Cadence
Enables rapid hardware replacement Cycles (Moore's Law integration).