Orbital Compute & Energy Infrastructure
Extending Digital Infrastructure Beyond Earth
As global demand for artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, secure communications, and Earth observation continues to accelerate, Clean Holding Company (CHC) is evaluating the next generation of infrastructure needed to support the world's expanding digital economy.
Building on our expertise in modular energy systems, distributed power generation, and hyperscale infrastructure development, CHC is developing a long-term strategy to extend critical energy and computing infrastructure into Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
Our vision is to create a distributed network of orbital compute and energy systems that complements terrestrial data centers and power infrastructure—providing resilient, scalable computing resources capable of supporting commercial, industrial, scientific, and sovereign applications well into the future.
Why Low Earth Orbit?
Low Earth Orbit presents a unique opportunity to support:
- Artificial intelligence inference
- High-performance computing
- Earth observation and geospatial analytics
- Climate and environmental monitoring
- Secure sovereign computing
- Scientific research
- Global communications
- Distributed digital infrastructure resilience
Global Demand Above the Globe
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing global infrastructure requirements.
Traditional terrestrial data centers will continue to provide the foundation of digital computing, but emerging applications increasingly require geographically distributed, resilient computing architectures capable of operating beyond conventional infrastructure constraints.
As launch costs decline and satellite technologies mature, orbital infrastructure is becoming an increasingly viable extension of terrestrial computing networks.
CHC believes future digital infrastructure will operate across both Earth and space, combining advanced energy systems with intelligent computing platforms to support global demand.
Our Vision
CHC's long-term objective is to develop modular orbital infrastructure capable of integrating seamlessly with terrestrial energy and computing assets.
Rather than viewing orbital systems as replacements for traditional data centers, we believe they will become complementary infrastructure supporting specialized workloads, geographic redundancy, and resilient computing capacity.
Our long-term architecture includes:
- Modular orbital compute platforms
- Space-based energy generation and power management
- Distributed AI inference capabilities
- Autonomous infrastructure management
- Secure communications networks
- Integration with terrestrial hyperscale campuses
- Earth observation processing
- Future sovereign digital infrastructure services
This approach mirrors CHC's terrestrial development philosophy—deploying scalable infrastructure in modular phases while maintaining flexibility as technology evolves.
Development Roadmap
CHC expects orbital infrastructure development to occur over multiple phases as technology, commercial demand, and launch capabilities continue to mature.
Phase I (2026–2028)
Research, Engineering & Technology Demonstration
The first phase focuses on foundational development activities, including:
- Mission architecture
- Systems engineering
- Regulatory coordination
- Hosted payload demonstrations
- Prototype compute technologies
- Initial energy system evaluation
- Strategic technology partnerships
Estimated investment:
$75–150 million
Phase II (2028–2031)
Initial Orbital Infrastructure Deployment
Following successful demonstrations, CHC anticipates deploying its first modular orbital computing platforms.
Development priorities include:
- Initial compute satellites
- Ground station integration
- Secure communications
- AI inference validation
- Earth observation processing
- Early commercial demonstrations
Estimated investment:
$350–700 million
Phase III (2031–2035)
Distributed Orbital Compute Network
As commercial demand grows, CHC expects to expand toward a distributed orbital computing architecture.
Potential capabilities include:
- Multi-node compute constellations
- Distributed AI processing
- High-performance computing
- Global workload balancing
- Integrated terrestrial connectivity
- Government and sovereign applications
Estimated investment:
$1.2–2.5 billion
Phase IV (2035–2040)
Integrated Orbital Energy & Digital Infrastructure
The long-term objective is the development of scalable orbital infrastructure operating alongside terrestrial energy systems.
Potential future capabilities include:
- Large-scale orbital compute platforms
- Advanced space-based energy systems
- Autonomous operations
- Long-duration commercial infrastructure
- Intelligent workload distribution
- Expanded sovereign infrastructure services
Estimated investment:
$3–7 billion
