Agnikul & NeevCloud to launch India’s first orbital AI data centre by 2027, using rocket stages for space-based AI compute. Chennai-based space technology startup Agnikul Cosmos and AI cloud infrastructure company NeevCloud have announced the development of India’s first orbital AI data centre platform, with plans to launch the pilot project by the end of 2026 and commercial launch by 2027.
As part of the new partnership, Agnikul will deliver the orbital hosting and deployment infrastructure by utilizing the extendable upper stage of its rocket as a working space-based compute platform. NeevCloud’s AI SuperCloud technology stack will enable high-performance AI inference and processing in low-Earth orbit (LEO) – which could potentially offer low-latency and secure AI compute for applications such as autonomous systems and industrial automation.
“The collaboration brings our AI SuperCloud to the edge extreme – space,” said Narendra Sen, Founder & CEO of NeevCloud, as the two companies look to develop scalable orbital infrastructure that could disrupt the global AI compute market.Agnikul’s patented upper stage technology, as per the companies, repurposes what would otherwise be discarded rocket stages into functional orbital resources for hosting compute hardware, making them less reliant on Earth-based infrastructure. This includes plans to expand the network to 600+ orbital edge data centers by 2030, establishing a constant real-time inferencing network.
This new development places India at the forefront of the burgeoning orbital data center and space compute market, using homegrown technology to satisfy international AI infrastructure needs.
