Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin enters the space data center game
TechCrunch • • business
Key Points:
- Blue Origin has requested U.S. government approval to launch over 50,000 satellites as part of "Project Sunrise," aiming to create an orbital data center to perform advanced computations and reduce reliance on terrestrial data centers.
- The satellites will use another Blue Origin constellation, TeraWave, as a high-throughput communications backbone, although specific computing capabilities and timelines were not detailed in the FCC filing.
- Other companies like SpaceX, Starcloud, and Google are also pursuing space-based data center concepts, but challenges remain in cooling technology, radiation effects on chips, and reducing launch costs.
- Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, a powerful launch vehicle, could provide an advantage in deploying and reusing satellites regularly, potentially boosting their competitiveness
