Send us a textStart with a number that doesn’t feel real: $40 billion aimed at building enough compute to chase AGI on a 2026 timeline. Now ask a simple question—where do you put a million H100-class GPUs when the grid is straining, cooling is expensive, and latency kills real-time AI? We take you above the clouds to explore orbital edge computing, where satellites stop acting like dumb mirrors and start thinking for themselves.We walk through the shift from bent pipe architectures to on-orbit inference, showing how smart satellites can delete useless data, trigger real-time alerts, and deliver answers faster than ground clouds. Low Earth orbit provides the latency profile that real-time applications need, while laser intersatellite links unlock bandwidth 10 to 100 times higher than radio and even beat undersea fiber on some routes. With optical terminals becoming a standard and constellations scaling into the hundreds, space turns into a high-speed backbone for global AI.From COTS accelerators adapted for radiation to redundancy that shrugs off single event upsets and latch-up, we dig into what it takes to compute in vacuum. Then we connect the dots: real-time ground services that feel instant, federated learning that trains in orbit, and a plausible path to terawatt-scale compute that Earth simply can’t host. Along the way, we confront the hardest challenge—the software that schedules, routes, and heals a moving, laser-linked data center circling the planet.If AI truly needs more power, less latency, and a global footprint, space may be the only address left. Tune in, think bigger, and decide for yourself whether this is hype or the next logical step for intelligence. If you enjoyed the conversation, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review to help others find it. Join Allen and Ida as they dive deep into the world of tech, unpacking the latest trends, innovations, and disruptions in an engaging, thought-provoking conversationLeave your thoughts in the comments and subscribe for more tech updates and reviews.

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