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France / Europe · Orbital data center network

CITADEL Network

This project focuses on a network of data centers in orbit.


ALATYR's planned serviceable orbital data-center network. The company describes 1–5 MW of deployed capacity per launch, 15+ year infrastructure life and replaceable compute, but these are design targets rather than deployed performance.

ALATYR · Planned

Scope: Shared computing & storage · A shared computing or storage platform, or a program developing that infrastructure. Classification describes intended use, not operating capacity.

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Electrical power
Up to 5 MWPlanned · First commercial deployment targeted for 2030Company target for deployed capacity per launch
Evidence & scope

Company design target stated as a 1–5 MW range; not deployed or demonstrated capacity.

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Design life
More than 15 yearsPlanned · Planned networkCompany target for serviceable orbital infrastructure life
Evidence & scope

Company design target; compute replacement cycle is stated separately as 3–5 years.

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Figures retain their disclosed units and scope. Launched hardware does not establish demonstrated performance; targets may change. Not disclosed means no figure in the reviewed sources.

PROJECT RELATIONSHIPS

Suppliers & project partners

Scaleway

Research participant

Program organization: ALATYR

Preliminary agreement
Flight / payload software · Cloud capacity & advisory

Joint work on cloud architecture, software interfaces, performance, security, and future in-orbit compute and storage services for ALATYR's orbital-data-center program.

Memorandum of understanding; no binding order, contract value, capacity reservation or deployment commitment is disclosed.

Announced 14 Sept 2026 · Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026

ALATYR and Scaleway join forces to build the future of European data centers in orbit (opens in a new tab)

Data Machine Intelligence

Research participant

Program organization: ALATYR

Preliminary agreement
Research & feasibility studies

Joint definition of orbital-computing use cases, latency/resilience/security requirements and interfaces for ALATYR's CITADEL architecture.

This is a design-stage collaboration. The announcement discloses no binding capacity order, procurement value or launch commitment.

Announced 19 Jun 2026 · Evidence checked 26 Sept 2026

DMI and ALATYR sign an orbital-compute memorandum (opens in a new tab)
NEXT MILESTONE

First commercial deployment targeted for 2030; no exact date disclosed

Manual review 29 Oct 2026. Compared the current ALATYR page with existing capacity and infrastructure-life targets and DMI and Scaleway roles. Added BYLD serviceability and the separate 3-to-5-year compute replacement cycle. The 1-to-5-MW boundary remains unspecified, and no deployed capacity, IT load or funded launch is established. Primary body last observed 22 Oct, 01:14 UTC. Source monitoring: blocked. Source collection and substantive profile review are separate checks. Plans and dates may change.

ALATYR (opens in a new tab)
WHAT REMAINS UNKNOWN
  • Binding customer orders
  • Funding and launch contracts
  • Detailed spacecraft and compute hardware configuration
  • Measured in-orbit power, thermal and compute performance

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