DigitalBlast Joins JAXA Project to Build On-Orbit Data Centers
DigitalBlast is moving from supporting space experiments to building the core infrastructure for a space-based AI cloud, a necessary step toward commercializing the growing volume of orbital data.
Reporting from 1 sources: ASCII.jp.
DigitalBlast announced it will participate as a collaborating organization in a JAXA Space Strategy Fund project led by affiliate SpaceBlast to develop on-orbit data center construction technology. The project aims to create a 'space-based AI cloud' service that processes data generated by satellites in orbit, combining edge computing on spacecraft with ground-based AI analysis. DigitalBlast brings its experience from ISS and Kibo operations.
DigitalBlast, which has been developing the small experiment device AMAZ for life science research in low Earth orbit, is now taking on a larger infrastructure role. The company will contribute its operational know-how from the International Space Station and Kibo module to the on-orbit data center project. The goal is to enable real-time processing of satellite data that currently goes underutilized due to communication bottlenecks. SpaceBlast, the lead organization, will oversee the project, combining on-orbit edge computing with ground-based AI to offer a 'space-based AI cloud' service.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- ASCII.jp JAXA宇宙戦略基金（第二期）「軌道上データセンター構築技術」に参画