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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, November 29 (Xinhua) — The Beijing Science and Technology Commission, in collaboration with space research institutes and city enterprises, plans to build a space data processing center in a sunrise-sunset orbit at an altitude of approximately 700-800 kilometers above Earth. This was reported on Friday by the Science and Technology Daily.
According to a meeting held Thursday by the Beijing Science and Technology Commission and the Beijing Astro-future Institute of Space Technology, the space data center will be a large-scale centralized system with a capacity exceeding the gigawatt level, including space-based computing power, data relay, and ground-based control subsystems. Each subcenter will be capable of hosting server clusters with a total capacity of millions of cards.
According to the meeting's results, the data center's construction will take place in three phases. By 2035, a large-scale space data center will be established to support space computing.
The meeting also announced the creation of an innovative consortium for a space data center. Led by the Beijing Astro-future Institute of Space Technology and its subsidiaries, the consortium brings together 24 organizations across the industrial chain.
The innovative consortium will focus on the construction and implementation of the space data center. Regarding industrial integration and ecosystem development, the consortium will promote the integration of the space data center with advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), mobile communications, new materials, and new energy, facilitating the creation of new business models for space data applications.
Development of the first-generation experimental data center satellite has been completed and its launch is scheduled for late 2025 or early 2026.
A representative of the Beijing Science and Technology Commission stated that the space data center represents a strategic integration of commercial space exploration and artificial intelligence. Beijing authorities will increase their support, positioning the project as a key pillar in the construction of an international science and technology innovation center, which will help establish new industrial chains and a commercial closed loop.
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