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Pentagon remains skeptical of orbital AI data centers despite growing industry interest in space-based compute

While industry interest in orbital data centers (ODCs) for AI workloads is growing due to surging compute demand, government and defense officials remain cautious. Industry sources indicate that the Pentagon has not provided significant funding, waiting for commercial entities to prove both technical feasibility and a viable business case, outside of specific NASA lunar infrastructure plans.

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