Space startups seek insurance for orbital AI data centers (opens in new tab)

Space companies have begun talks with insurers about coverage for orbital AI data centers, an early step for an experimental sector backed by SpaceX and Blue Origin. The concept would place data-center satellites in orbit to bypass terrestrial limits on power availability, land, water and local grid capacity as artificial intelligence increases computing demand. ScienceDaily, republishing an article from The Conversation, said orbital computing infrastructure would have to handle cooling, mai...