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Center for European Policy Analysis Issues Commentary: Quick Note on Orbiting Data Centers
February 06, 2026
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Feb. 5, 2026:

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A Quick Note on Orbiting Data Centers

They don't yet make business sense, but space and satellites are an increasingly important part of digital transformation and US-China competition.

By James Lewis

The very successful SpaceX and the somewhat less successful xAI have announced plans to merge and create on-orbi . . .

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