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Orbital AI Data Centers in Space Are Now a Real Test Case, Not a Near-Term Replacement for Earth

Orbital’s 2027 satellite mission makes orbital AI infrastructure more concrete than it was a year ago, but the immediate story is still validation, not displacement. The strongest signal is that companies are narrowing the target to AI inference in low-Earth orbit because energy, cooling, and sovereignty pressures are real on Earth, while the technical and…

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