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- The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) warns Europe must develop a strategy for space-based data centers to avoid falling behind the United States and China.
- Private investment totals about 70 million euros in lunar data storage startup Lonestar and Starcloud.
- Launch costs and thermal management remain challenges.
- ESPI urges the European Union to launch a European Space-Based Data Centre initiative and leverage existing programs to advance technology and commercial deployment.
