Days after FCC complaint, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin files for data centre satellites

2026-03-21 - 05:29

Amazon's Blue Origin has applied to launch up to 51,600 orbiting data center satellites, citing insatiable AI demand. The company argues these space-based servers will complement terrestrial infrastructure, offering a new compute tier independent of Earth's constraints. Blue Origin claims Project Sunrise will make AI compute more accessible and use spectrum efficiently, benefiting the public interest.