Big tech · United States · statement of intent
Meta has no orbital compute program; its space activity is a model deployment on the ISS and a space-solar power reservation for ground data centers. Its next announced step is overview Energy orbital demonstration (supplier milestone), stated as 2028 (Overview Energy).
Stage 1 of 7: Concept
Meta has no orbital compute program; its space activity is a model deployment on the ISS and a space-solar power reservation for ground data centers.[1]
What the stage means: Plans, filings or designs with no ODC hardware built or flown.
DoneConfirmed
Space Llama (Llama 3.2) deployed on the ISS with Booz Allen
Source: Meta
DoneConfirmed
Reserves up to 1 GW of space solar power from Overview Energy
Overview demo 2028, commercial power 2030 (Overview's timeline).
Source: pv magazine
Targets as the organisation stated them. When a date moved, every move is listed with its source; a narrower window is shown as a narrowing.
2028 (Overview Energy)
Overview Energy orbital demonstration (supplier milestone)[1]
What to watch · SpaceNexus note, not a prediction
Adjacent only; space solar for ground data centers is not compute in orbit.
| Figure | Value | Confidence and source |
|---|---|---|
| Space solar power reserved (beamed to ground) | 1 GW | Reported[1] |
| Program | Stage | Verified funding | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta (this page) | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2028: Overview Energy orbital demonstration (supplier milestone) |
| Agnikul and NeevCloud | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | End of 2026: Pilot launch (300 to 350 kg unit) |
| Anthropic | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Apex | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2027: Sophia Space TILE demo on an Apex Nova bus |
| Atomic-6 | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | None announced |
| Blue Origin Sunrise | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | Q4 2027: TeraWave deployment begins (the backhaul Sunrise depends on) |
| CASC / CAST | Stage 1 of 7: Concept | Not counted | 2027: Experimental 10 kW-class computing satellite (about 1,000 kg) |
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