China Backs Orbital Data Center Startup with $8.4 billion in Credit
by Brian Wang from NextBigFuture.com on (#755WA)
China is $8.4 billion in credit lines + state-backed plans targeting gigawatt-scale AI compute in space by 2035. China's orbital AI data center push, led by startup Orbital Chenguang (Beijing Orbital Twilight Technology Co., Ltd.) with massive state-aligned backing, represents an ambitious, hybrid public-private effort to sidestep terrestrial constraints on AI scaling. The goal is ...