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OwlO Cloud plans European satellite data network with 10 nodes by 2030
Luxembourg-based OwlO Cloud plans a European network for processing data in orbit.
The company says it will build orbital cloud nodes, spacecraft equipped with data storage, computing and optical communications technology.
It aims to have at least 10 nodes operating by 2030.
The network is intended to help satellites process the growing volume of data they collect, rather than replace data centres on Earth.
Faster processing could support near-real-time information from civil, military, science and commercial satellites.
OwlO has joined Thales Alenia Space’s Space Business Catalyst and signed a memorandum of understanding with Luxembourg-based Edge Aerospace on computing payloads.
The company plans to use venture capital for early development and research, then infrastructure financing to deploy the network over time.
Luxembourg-based OwlO Cloud has emerged from stealth with plans to build a European orbital cloud network.
The company aims to have at least 10 orbital cloud nodes operational by 2030.
The nodes are intended to store and process data for satellites in orbit.
Each node is planned to include data-processing and storage hardware and optical communications technology, largely from European suppliers.
OwlO says it will use venture capital for initial development and research, and infrastructure financing to deploy the constellation.
- Who
- OwlO Cloud, a Luxembourg-based company founded by Jason Aspiotis, Gert Villemos and Mike Delis.
- What
- It plans to build a European orbital cloud network with at least 10 nodes. The nodes would help satellites store and process data in orbit.
- When
- The company emerged from stealth on November 12, 2026, and aims to have at least 10 nodes operational by 2030.
- Where
- The network is intended to serve European satellite operators in orbit; OwlO Cloud is based in Luxembourg.
- Why
- The company says satellites are gathering more data than they can reasonably process themselves, and its network aims to enable faster, cheaper storage and processing.
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OwlO Cloud was founded by Jason Aspiotis, Gert Villemos and Mike Delis.
OwlO Cloud emerged from stealth and announced plans for its orbital cloud network.
The company aims to have at least 10 orbital cloud nodes operational.
- Target constellation
- At least 10 orbital cloud nodes by 2030
- Node power
- Expected to generate 10 kW per node
- Headquarters
- Luxembourg
- Compute payload collaboration
- MoU with Luxembourg-based Edge Aerospace
- Industry programme
- Selected for Thales Alenia Space’s Space Business Catalyst
What people are saying
Our goal as a company is to come in as an operator of this infrastructure that catalyzes all the pieces—[and] to move forward and deploy it by 2030.
Most of the use cases that we focus on are about helping other satellites store and process their data much faster, much cheaper,