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Expert Warns Against China's Space-Based AI Data Centers

3/9/2026

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Gao Wen, a senior researcher at Peking University, cautions against China following SpaceX's model of orbiting artificial intelligence data centers.
He emphasizes that electricity demand is not a significant issue for AI data centers in China.
He proposes space-based computing systems that process satellite-generated data to transmit only valuable information back to Earth, amid growing interest in space-based data centers.

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Gao Wen, a senior researcher at Peking University, cautions against China following SpaceX's model of orbiting artificial intelligence data centers.
He emphasizes that electricity demand is not a significant issue for AI data centers in China.
He proposes space-based computing systems that process satellite-generated data to transmit only valuable information back to Earth, amid growing interest in space-based data centers.