SpaceX names its orbital AI constellation and files with the FCC; Europe convenes around space-based data centres; and onboard-AI suppliers get bought and funded — the same year the data centers are aiming for.
This week, the orbital data center got a delivery date: SpaceX pegs its AI1 satellites to late 2027 on IPO day, a Senate bill eyes them for defense, and Loft Orbital flies the first in-orbit VLM.
The orbital data center thesis is being stress-tested in public while the AI workloads it would eventually host are already moving into orbit on their own
