Orbital Data Centers

Powering the future of data processing and storage, AI, cybersecurity, and digital sovereignty in space

How It Works

THE CLOUD, EVOLVED

Scalable, cloud-enabled data processing
and storage operating directly in space

Orbital Data Centers (ODCs) work in conjunction with terrestrial cloud infrastructure, or independently for high-security use cases, bringing the power of the cloud above Earth’s surface.

By reducing reliance on ground-base systems, ODCs enable faster and more secure storage and processing of satellite and mission data, while creating an orbital cloud that strengthens global data sovereignty, AI autonomy, and resilience against terrestrial disruptions, including cyber threats, natural disasters, and geopolitical instability.

WHY ODCs DRIVE VALUE

Faster Insights

In-orbit processing delivers low-latency analytics and real time decision making without constant downlinking

Unmatched Security

Physically isolated infrastructure with end-to-end encryption and zero-trust architecture safeguards critical data

Continous Resilience

Immune to terrestrial outages, ensuring uninterrupted access and operations during ground-based disruptions

Global Data Independence

Operates beyond national jurisdictions to support sovereign, borderless data management

Infinite Scalability

Minimal Environmental Impact

Expands global compute power without the energy and land costs of Earth-based data centers

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Digital Infrastructure Beyond Earth

By delivering cloud computing above the clouds, �ڰ�� is pioneering the next step for data, enabling global resilience, digital sovereignty, and long-term sustainability for both civil and commercial customers. Delivering performance, security, and sustainability that ground-based systems cannot match.

Satellite Collects Raw Data

A satellite collects raw data (think images or telemetry data). Instead of sending all raw data immediately to Earth, it sends to a nearby orbitial data center node via optical link or via relay satellite. The �ڰ�� compute hardware runs processing/inferencing (filtering images, detecting features, compressing files, or running AI/ML models) potentially from multiple sources.

Real-time, In-orbit

Data Sent with Immediate Response

This results in smaller or more valuable data being sent either downward (to ground) or to another in-space node or stored onboard. If connectivity to ground drops, the node can buffer/store data, make local decisions, and trigger alerts all while acting autonomously.

seamless interoperability

Dynamic Reconfiguration In Place

The system can be updated with the newest software patches and models via over-the-air links. These updates are resilient to interrupted connections and have safety checks/backups built in. Maintenance and upgrades of infrastructure can happen through resupply missions or via replacement of modules for free-flying nodes.

Infinitely resilient

Why AXIOM SPACE

Proven Expertise for Progress Today

Operationalized the first commercial cloud device in space

In 2022, as a part of the Ax-1 Mission, we launched and operationalized an AWS Snowcone device onboard the International Space Station. For the first time, commercial AI inferencing was successfully conducted in-orbit.

Proved operational reliability of commercial off-the-shelf technology in low-Earth orbit

Utilizing Quantinuum's Quantum Origin, we established the first quantum-secure link between the International Space Station and Earth by sending the message “Hello Quantum World” back to the ground encrypted with post-quantum keys seeded using the world’s first commercially available cryptographic key generation platform based on verifiable quantum randomness.

This method safeguards against current and future threats to data and infrastructure in space and furthers the advancement of a quantum enabled space economy in low-Earth orbit.

Demonstrated initial ODC capabilities on the International Space Station

�ڰ�� deployed Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1), a data processing prototype powered by Red Hat Device Edge, onboard the International Space Station in the fall of 2025.

AxDCU-1 will conduct test applications on the orbiting lab to demonstrate initial ODC capabilities as a part of �ڰ��'s ongoing work to develop era-defining space infrastructure.

The compute unit can run cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), data fusion and space cybersecurity applications utilizing Earth-independent cloud storage and edge processing infrastructure.

Launched the first dedicated data center nodes to low-Earth orbit

The first two orbital data center nodes successfully launched to low-Earth orbit on January 11, 2026.

These ODC nodes will lay the foundation for space-based cloud computing, addressing growing global needs for secure, scalable, and cloud-enabled data storage and processing directly to satellites, constellations, and other spacecraft.
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Launched with the , these nodes build on our collaboration with the integration of Optical Intersatellite Links (OISLs), enabling high-speed data connections directly between ODCs and commercial and government spacecraft and networks on orbit.

2.5 gigabytes per second-capable optical links

Compatible with space development agency Tranche 1 optical communication standards

interoperable with national security, government, and commercial networks

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2030 & Beyond

�ڰ�� is committed to expanding our ODC network in the years to come, significantly increasing capacity and capability from kilowatts to megawatts of processing power.

Built with commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, running industry-standard containerized operating systems, and connected over existing radio communications and next-generation optical relay meshes, an entire network of scalable and commercial cloud computing resources are made available to space and terrestrial users, driving results for the benefit of every human, everywhere.

we are the future

Building Strategic Advantage

The Trusted Leader In Orbital Infrastructure

Our expertise in human spaceflight, station infrastructure, and on-orbit operations ensures secure, resilient, and commercially viable data centers in low Earth orbit.

�ڰ�� is building the foundation for the orbital cloud, connecting space, Earth, and everything in between.

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Pioneering an Industrial Revolution

�ڰ�� leads the space industrialization era, taking data center infrastructure to orbit for the benefit of cloud and AI users in Space and on Earth.

�ڰ��, Spacebilt Announce Orbital Data Center Node Aboard International Space Station

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