Orbital versus terrestrial data centres: will space-based computing become viable?

The emerging orbital data centre market is attracting growing interest, driven by the expansion of space-based operations and the increasing challenges associated with terrestrial data centres. Rising demand for AI in both domains is further fuelling interest. The prominent entrepreneurs advocating orbital data centres, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt, highlight the considerable activity and hype surrounding orbital data centres.

In this podcast, three of Analysys Mason’s experts, Christopher Baugh, Claude Rousseau and Simon Sherrington, discuss the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of orbital data centres. They examine perspectives from the terrestrial data centre sector, the current challenges facing data centre growth, how these factors are linked to the emerging orbital market and what developments may lie ahead.

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