China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceX — Beijing's forced chip and satellite alliance announced a week before Musk’s AI1 reveal
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Beijing says the Space Computing Industry Innovation Center will bring together rocket and satellite manufacturers, chip manufacturers, and AI labs to develop a space-based data center system.
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