Sophia Space and Caltech secure U.S. Patent for Space-Based Data Centers, Deepen R&D Program

Sophia Space and Caltech claim patent for space data centers

Sophia Space and Caltech patented modular, passively-cooled orbital data centers; $22M raised for 2027 deployment. Thermal design signals compute shift to space: eliminates Earth latency and power bottlenecks for autonomous satellite operations, reshaping edge-compute stack priorities.