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Data Centers in Space: The Future of AI Compute
Starcloud, which launched as Lumen Orbit, builds data centers in space, first to give other satellites GPU compute, then to absorb the energy demand AI is creating on the ground. Philip is a second-time founder who worked on satellite projects for national space agencies at McKinsey.
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