Global headlines are buzzing about SpaceX’s recent FCC filing for a constellation of up to one million satellites, an unprecedented orbital data-centre network that would represent one of the most ambitious engineering challenges ever proposed. Backed by NVIDIA and Sequoia, Star Cloud in the US is emerging as a leading private builder of orbital data centres and is targeting an 88,000 satellite constellation. As terrestrial data-centre infrastructure strains under rising energy costs and physical limits, orbital edge computing is rapidly emerging as a strategic frontier.

Chinese innovators like Star.Vision are already designing satellites capable of processing data in orbit. Meanwhile, Hong Kong-based space ventures are seeking capital for orbital infrastructure, as private rocket firms prove launch capabilities are accelerating. For Hong Kong, this convergence of space technology and capital markets presents a rare opportunity, to position itself as the financial and regulatory hub for the trillion dollar space economy. This seminar will be exploring how space based data centres will reshape global digital infrastructure, and where Hong Kong fits in.