We build the AI factories
that live in space.
From the first commercial lunar data server to petabyte-class orbital data center nodes on the ISS, Orbital designs and integrates the servers, storage, and infrastructure that turn stations into Orbital AI Factories – and all of it runs on our Orbital Data Stack.
INTRODUCING THE
Orbital Cloud
Orbital Cloud is the delivery of power / compute / communications / sensing as on-orbit services, enabled by modular, serviceable spacecraft, orbital logistics, and a multi-tenant orchestration system (scheduling, isolation, metering, billing).
Orbital isn't just talking about it. We've already flown the core layers of that stack:
Compute + storage layer.
Large in-Space Server (LiSS), the world's first 100+ TB orbital data server, flight-qualified on the ISS.
Data center node layer.
Axiom Orbital Data Center Node on the ISS, where Orbital leads engineering and integration of optically interconnected, petabyte-class infrastructure.
Lunar and cislunar layer.
The first commercial data server to the Moon, generating real performance data in deep-space environments.
We enable the outer edge of AI.
Orbital accelerates the velocity of data on the outer edge by moving compute and storage off the ground and into orbit and onto the Moon. Multiple Orbital Data Stack nodes on a station come together as an Orbital AI Factory – a cluster where raw feeds from telescopes, sensor constellations, factories, and spacecraft are turned into decisions on the spot, not after a round trip to Earth. Instead of hauling data home, models run in space, filtering, fusing, and acting in real time. That means faster decisions, lighter downlinks, and AI systems that keep working even when Earth is far away, congested, or completely offline.
Who the Orbital AI Factory is for.
As launch gets cheaper and terrestrial data centers hit power and cooling walls, the next wave of infrastructure isn’t another hyperscale region on Earth — it’s data centers in orbit. The Orbital AI Factory is the orbital "region" those customers will build on, powered by our Orbital Data Stack.
AI model operators and inference platforms
Foundation models, real-time copilots, and edge inference engines need cheap solar, free radiative cooling, and proximity to sensors. Off-planet regions let them spin up orbital capacity the way they spin up cloud regions today — without waiting years for a new substation on the ground.
Earth observation and sensor constellations
Imaging, weather, RF, and SAR constellations are drowning in raw data. Processing and filtering in orbit — next to the sensors — lets operators downlink products instead of noise, unlock new analytics, and sell 'insights-as-a-service' instead of bandwidth-hungry pixels.
National security and space-domain awareness
Defense, intel, and allied space operators need resilient compute close to their assets — to fuse signals, run AI on live feeds, and keep operating when links to the ground are contested or delayed. An orbital data center is the tactical edge node for space.
Commercial stations and in-space infrastructure
Stations, depots, and logistics hubs need a way to monetize their real estate beyond hosting experiments. Plugging into our Orbital Data Stack turns them into orbital cloud regions — leasing compute, storage & data services to every spacecraft that flies through their neighborhood.
In-space manufacturing
Physical factories in orbit — from semiconductor foundries & fiber lines to biopharma & 3D-printed structures — generate huge volumes of process & sensor data that can't wait to come back to Earth. Our Orbital Data Stack lets manufacturers run AI-driven process control, quality inspection & digital twins next to the line.
ISAM operators
ISAM missions use the same infrastructure to coordinate robotic assembly, servicing, and refueling. It's the data backbone for everything we build and repair in space.
Orbital is building the default Orbital AI Factory those customers plug into — the off-planet layer every high-value workload will eventually land on.
In-orbit data centers market projected to $39B by 2035 (67% CAGR).
GlobeNewswire
In-space manufacturing forecast to $62.8B by 2040.
Dawnbreaker
Alphabet (Project Suncatcher), SpaceX, Starcloud, Bezos publicly backing orbital data center concepts.
In-orbit data centers market projected to $39B by 2035 (67% CAGR).
GlobeNewswire
In-space manufacturing forecast to $62.8B by 2040.
Dawnbreaker
Alphabet (Project Suncatcher), SpaceX, Starcloud, Bezos publicly backing orbital data center concepts.
Why this is big.
Over the next decade, three things are going to space at the same time:
AI factories
Sensor constellations
Physical factories
ISAM architectures turn orbit into a construction site; in-space manufacturing turns it into an industrial park; AI makes all of it autonomous.
None of that works without an Orbital AI Factory to run the robots, close the control loops, and store the data.
That's the layer Orbital is building.
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