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Putting data centers in space once seemed fanciful. Today, a growing number of companies have started doing so. This activity is concentrated in the United States but spread across at least a dozen countries globally. If current proposals are fully implemented, more than one million satellites with computing capacity could be orbiting the Earth in the decades ahead.

Are space-based data centers technically and economically feasible? What risks would mega constellations of space-based data centers create? Are current national and international governance regimes adequate to address these risks?

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Free and open to the public; registration required. For more information, please email [email protected]. 

Hosted by the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University.