US-based company Aetherflux has announced the groundbreaking "Galactic Brain" project.
Its core concept is an orbital satellite network designed to collect solar energy while simultaneously performing high-speed AI computations, thereby overcoming key limitations of Earth-based data centers such as energy consumption, cooling requirements, and lengthy construction timelines.
The system is based on three operating principles:
• A constellation of small satellites operating in Earth orbit.
• The continuous collection of solar energy, free from limitations.
• The use of infrared lasers to beam both the harvested energy and computational data to receiving stations on Earth.
The project promises several transformative capabilities:
• Accelerated AI data processing.
• Uninterrupted power supply to virtually any location on Earth.
• Connectivity for remote and underserved regions with limited local resources.
Implementation Timeline:
• Demonstration Launch: Scheduled for 2026.
• First Operational Unit: Planned for Q1 of 2027.
According to expert estimates, the orbital network is projected to:
• Become the most efficient data processing method within the next three years.
• Significantly reduce costs associated with cooling and electricity, while accelerating the deployment of new AI projects that demand massive computing resources.
“We anticipate power beaming to be dramatically more reliable than current solar power generation on the ground,” emphasize the developers.
A critical consideration:
• Implementing such a project, especially amidst the rapid deployment of satellite communication systems, effectively means relocating critical infrastructure to space.
Consequently, this underscores two acute and interrelated issues:
• The imperative to develop robust terrestrial infrastructure as the foundation for technological sovereignty.
• The urgent need to establish regulatory frameworks governing access to these "extraterrestrial" systems.
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