Seventeen domestic companies, including AI (artificial intelligence) semiconductor firms, solar cell manufacturers, and satellite enterprises, gathered to discuss cooperation plans for a 'Korean-style Space Data Center' (Space DC).
The Korea Aerospace Administration announced on the 10th that it held the '9th Space and Aerospace SOS Meeting' at Rebellion's headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, with industry representatives involved in space data technology.
A space data center is a facility that operates by harnessing solar energy in the cold environment of space. The concept originated from discussions on utilizing space environments to meet surging ground-based power demands. A representative model involves a cluster satellite system connecting multiple observation and communication satellites around a Node satellite serving as the 'brain' equipped with GPUs (graphics processing units). South Korea is also designing a Korean-style space data center centered on the 'K-Moonshot Project'.
The meeting brought together 17 companies focused on core technologies required for building a space data center, including AI semiconductors, solar cells, cooling technology, and satellites: AP Satellite, Aenix, KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries), LG Energy Solution, LG Electronics, LIG D&A, SK Hynix, Duwon Heavy Industries, DeepX, Rampus, Rebellion, Mobileent, Setrec-i, Furiosa AI, Flexel Space, Hanwha Solution (Q-Cell), and Hanwha Systems.
Participating companies discussed the feasibility of semiconductor radiation-hardening technology, space solar cells, and cooling technologies for space data centers, along with plans to establish a public-private cooperation framework.
Additionally, they requested that the Space Administration provide opportunities for verifying commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components such as semiconductors, conducting space environment tests under extreme conditions, and validating satellites through actual space demonstrations.
Oh Tae-seok (Commissioner) stated, "It is important to confirm the participation willingness of AI and ICT companies that are not traditional aerospace firms and to cultivate a new satellite development and manufacturing ecosystem." He added, "We will carefully review the opinions discussed during this meeting and reflect them in the direction and detailed strategies for advancing the space data center project."
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