However, there are a number of reasons why data centers are being considered in space. There are numerous reports on how the increased amount of AI processing is affecting energy consumption within data centers; the The World Economic Forum has estimated this that the power required to handle AI is increasing by 26% to 36% annually. It is therefore not surprising that organizations are looking at other options.
But an even more pressing reason for running data centers is to handle the amount of data produced by existing satellites, Judge said. “Essentially, satellites collect far more data than can be sent to Earth because downlinks create a bottleneck,” he noted. “With AI capabilities in orbit, they could potentially analyze more of this data, extract more useful information, and send insights back to Earth. My overall feeling is that any further data processing in space will be driven by space processing needs.”
And China may already be leading the way. Last year, Guoxing Aerospace launched twelve satellites, forming a space-based computer network called the Three-Body Computing Constellation. When completed, it will contain 2,800 satellites, all of which will orchestrate and process data, taking edge computing to a new dimension.
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