Thales: studies the installation of data centers... in orbit

(CercleFinance.com) - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has announced the 'promising' results of the ASCEND (Advanced Space Cloud for European Net zero emission and Data sovereignty) feasibility study.


Launched in 2023 and financed by the European Commission, this initiative aims to study the feasibility of installing data centers in orbit.

The study aimed to compare the environmental impacts of orbital data centers with those of terrestrial data centers.

The results show that such space infrastructures would require the development of a launcher that is ten times less emissive over its entire life cycle.

In addition, the water consumption required for cooling would be eliminated from the process, a major advantage in a context of increasing drought.


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