Sarvam AI partnered with Bengaluru-based space-tech company Pixxel to build AI data centers aboard a satellite orbiting Earth. In its blogpost, the company said that both training and inference will happen directly in orbit, without any dependence on foreign cloud or ground infrastructure.
Why does Sarvam want AI data centers in space?
What foreign companies are saying about AI data centers: Sarvam is not the first company with plans to build an AI data center in space. As of May 2026, Earth’s outer space already has at least four data centers and many more companies are planning high-powered data centers, up to gigawatt-scale. Their reasons for Orbital Data Centers (ODC) are:
- builds resilience against terrestrial disruptions, including cyber threats, natural disasters, and geopolitical instability, says Axiom Space.
- strengthens global data sovereignty, AI autonomy, says Axiom Space
- 10x cheaper than land-based options, claims NVIDIA.
- Can use vacuum of deep space as an infinite heat sink, instead of water as a coolant, claims NVIDIA.
Cloud data centers on ground are not safe: For instance, during the ongoing Middle East conflict, in March 2026, Iran’s drones allegedly hit Amazon’s data centers in the Bahrain (UAE) region. The US tech giant said that it could take months to restore the operations.
The active AI data centerss in space:
- Kepler Communications: The US-based satellite telecommunications provider launched its first part optical relay satellites on January 11, 2026.
- Axiom Space: On the same day, along with Kepler, it also sent two orbital data center nodes.
- Zhejiang Lab: China already has 12 satellites in orbit, and after nine months of orbit-level testing, it said, “the constellation has demonstrated core capabilities, including networking, computing, model deployment and scientific payload verification,” according to China’s State Counsil of Information Office in February 2026.
Upcoming : In January 2026, SpaceX proposed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) an orbital data-centre constellation of up to 1 million satellites in low Earth orbit, adding to its existing fleet of over 10,000 Starlink satellites. You can read its proposal here: link.
Google’s Project Suncatcher: The tech giant aims to deploy its custom processing chips, TPUs (Tensor Processing Units), to power its machine learning in space. It aims to launch two prototype satellites by early 2027, in partnership with Planet, a US-based space tech company. Read more about it on Project Suncatcher on Google’s Research blog.
The 1960’s Outer Space Treaty doesn’t cover data provisions: “The current legal framework leaves space data centres in a grey zone: the United Nations’ Outer Space Treaty establishes no sovereignty in outer space, with launch states (a concept that presents its own issues) instead bearing responsibility and liability for space activities. Drafted in the…
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