Can you really make semiconductors in space?
Making chip materials in orbit is an alluring prospect, but there are many hurdles to overcome
Long Reads - Space
In-depth features about the data center, AI, semiconductor, telco, and energy markets
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Can you really make chips in space?
Will orbital semiconductor manufacturing ever become a reality?
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A direct approach to satellite communication
Is the D2D trend bringing innovation to the L-Band by satellite?
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The profundity and paradox of time
How time keeps modern society – and data centers – in one piece
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2025 telco talking points: AI, fiber frenzy, and an M&A boom
AI is reshaping the telecoms industry, but is it for better or worse?
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The coming storm for satellites
Space weather could present an existential threat to the satellite industry unless its impact can be better understood
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The Edge of the universe
Neuraspace is using Edge computing - and some impressive telescopes - to avoid collisions in orbit
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Satellite M&A: A changing landscape
Consolidation is happening rapidly as the big boys disrupt the market
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On the cusp of the Kuiper campaign
Will the Amazon project shake up the satellite internet market?
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How this feature got to the Moon
And what it means for the future of digital infrastructure, humanity, and what we will leave behind
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A new threat for satellites – can orbital re-entry pollution threaten our atmosphere?
As scientists raise the alarm, satellite leaders face new technological complications
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The complexities of satellite compute
Chatting with AMD about chips in space
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The quest for space sovereignty
Many governments are looking for their own, secure, orbital infrastructure. This may not be a realistic goal
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Can sustainable satellite teleports find an edge in a crowded market?
As markets remain challenging, where can operators save on energy by going green?
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Can Telesat’s new LEO fleet muscle in on the Edge?
The operator’s Lightspeed fleet looks to offer what Starlink can’t
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Will small GEO satellites revitalize the orbit?
Bringing LEO sensibilities to GEO orbits
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Paying the premium: Why 2023 was a bad year for space insurance
Last year was the worst ever in the space insurance market – could satellite innovation be stifled as a result?
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The distant world of satellite-connected IoT
Connecting the unconnected
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Space: The final data center frontier
Project Ascend and the EU’s dreams of data centers in space
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All of the above: Aalyria’s plan to light up the world
SDNs at a global scale and free-space optics to the heavens
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Space comes for fiber: Can satellites offer data centers a new resiliency option?
SES pitches its new mPower fleet as a viable alternative to fiber for telcos and data center operators
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DCD Magazine out now: The last data center
Exploring the next epoch of data storage
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Connecting the South Pole
Why a subsea cable to the edge of Antarctica might not lessen the South Pole’s reliance on satellites
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Data centers with dishes: How the cloud is driving a merger between data centers and ground stations
Hyperscalers are installing ground stations at data centers, while incumbents are moving to a more cloud-like, virtualized, as a Service way of thinking
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Wargames in space threaten satellite security and sustainability
We need to relearn lessons from the Cold War - about weapons in space
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Turbulence in the stratosphere: the state of HAPS post-Loon
Alphabet’s high altitude balloons were going to connect rural areas and usher in a new era of sub-satellite comms. Has its closure shut the door on a whole industry?
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Interplanetary Internet, digital zebras, and the disconnected Edge
Delay-tolerant networks ask you to imagine an Internet where connectivity isn’t guaranteed
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Leonard Kleinrock on ARPANET, the centralization of the Internet, and the death of US research
Part one of our huge interview with one of the key people behind the modern connected world