Beijing space lab targets orbital data centers for AI era

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2025

An institute in Beijing plans to launch its first high-computing-power experimental satellites by late 2025 or early 2026 as part of a wider effort to move intensive data processing into orbit while easing pressure on power and land resources on the ground.

Zhang Shancong, director of the Beijing Astro-future Institute of Space Technology and chief scientist at Beijing Orbit Twilight Techn