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🇨🇳 China has overtaken the U.S. in Space AI by launching 2,800 satellites to create an orbiting AI data center network — aiming to reduce latency, boost security, and power AI processing from space.
* According to SpaceNews, the deployment began on May 14, 2025, marking a major move ahead of U.S. efforts.
* Spearheaded by ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab under the "Three-Body Computing Constellation" project, the initiative taps into orbital data centers — a concept backed by a 2023 Data Centre Magazine study that claims using space-based solar power could drastically cut energy costs. However, technical hurdles like miniaturizing hardware and navigating global regulations still exist.
* This development mirrors the broader space-tech race, as seen with Varda’s latest Series C funding to manufacture medicine in orbit (per Bloomberg), signaling that space could become the next frontier for technological dominance — both economically and militarily.
