Several notable developments in orbital compute recently:
* Sophia Space is partnering with Armada to launch a fully integrated Earth-to-orbit compute infrastructure aimed at defense, energy, and autonomy use cases (and yes, AI is involved). https://sophia.space/news/armada-and-sophia-space-unveil-first-of-its-kind-fully-integrated-earth-to-space-edge-ai-platform
* Axiom Space announced plans to add optically-interconnected Orbital Data Center (ODC) infrastructure to the ISS. Two nodes will launch by end of this year. https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/17/axiom_space_aims_for_orbit/
* And my favorite is this lengthy and detailed look at the challenges and potential use cases and upsides of orbital compute from the smart cookies at Per Aspera (particularly liked that they did not shy away from problems like deorbiting risks and whether this even makes sense, although I wish they would have mentioned Kessler Syndrome and more stuff in the night sky). If you want to understand what's going on with orbital compute and why anybody thinks it makes sense to send servers into space, this is the analysis to read. https://www.peraspera.us/p/realities-of-space-based-compute
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