China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) is reportedly planning to launch gigawatt AI space data centres over the next five years. The space data centres will "integrate cloud, edge and terminal capabilities" and achieve the "deep integration of computing power, storage capacity and transmission bandwidth," the report said. UAE-based startup Madari Space is collaborating with an industrial accelerator program run by Thales Alenia Space to demonstrate space data centre technology. The firm plans to launch a nano-satellite this year with data storage and data processing components to test the technology. Space data centres would also be harder costlier to repair if something goes wrong.