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Contract manufacturers queue up for a gigawatt of orbital datacenters

development2026-06-15

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SpaceX's plan to deploy a gigawatt of orbital data center satellites by the end of 2027 has drawn heavy interest from Foxconn, Quanta and Wistron, with each satellite roughly equivalent to one GB300 rack drawing 135 kW.

Reported metric: 1 GW / 135 kW per sat

Reporting date: 2026-06-15 (not necessarily the event date)

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A company applies for a million data-center satellites

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Contract manufacturers queue up for a gigawatt of orbital datacenters
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Reporting date: 2026-06-15
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-06-15-a-gigawatt-of-orbital-datacenters-by-2027
Claim: SpaceX's plan to deploy a gigawatt of orbital data center satellites by the end of 2027 has drawn heavy interest from Foxconn, Quanta and Wistron, with each satellite roughly equivalent to one GB300 rack drawing 135 kW.
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- Welcome to June 15, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-june-15-2026
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