Secure World Foundation: To ODC or not to ODC: Insight for May 2026 (opens in new tab)

Interest in orbital data centers has moved quickly from the margins to a major trend in space development. Companies including SpaceX, Blue Origin, Starcloud, Google, Planet, Nvidia, and others have announced plans or interest in using on-orbit satellite constellations to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence and other compute-intensive applications. In this month’s Insight piece, SWF’s Alex Shi and Ian Christensen examine what these proposals could mean for space operations, safety...