"There are, however, a couple of reasons why data centers in space are being considered. There are plenty of reports about how the increased amount of AI processing is affecting power consumption within data centers; the World Economic Forum has estimated that the power required to handle AI is increasing at a rate of between 26% and 36% annually. Therefore, it is not surprising that organizations are looking at other options."
""With AI capacity 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 more data processing in space is going to be driven by space processing needs." And China may already be ahead of the game. Last year, Guoxing Aerospace launched 12 satellites, forming a space-based computing network dubbed the Three-Body Computing Constellation."
AI-related processing power demands are rising rapidly, with the World Economic Forum estimating a 26–36% annual increase in power required to handle AI. Satellite constellations are generating far more raw data than existing downlinks can transmit to earth, creating a bottleneck. Deploying AI capacity and data centers in orbit would allow analysis of satellite data onboard, extraction of useful information, and transmission of compact insights back to earth. Space-driven processing needs are expected to motivate further in-orbit compute. Guoxing Aerospace has begun building a space-based computing network, the Three-Body Computing Constellation, which will reach 2,800 satellites to orchestrate and process data in orbit.
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