Think tank warns Europe’s orbital compute gap is widening
This growing disparity could compromise European autonomy in critical space-based services and data processing.
Europe risks becoming dependent on foreign orbital computing infrastructure as U.S. companies and China’s government-led push accelerate the development of space-based data centers, according to the European Space Policy Institute. The post Think tank warns Europe’s orbital compute gap is widening appeared first on SpaceNews.
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