Space is really the next frontier as Red Hat partners with Axiom Space to build a prototype destined for the ISS
Red Hat and Axiom Space plan to send an Orbital Data Center to the ISS
AxDCU-1 will run AI, cybersecurity, and cloud computing tests in space
The aim is to deliver secure, low latency processing off-world
It seems as if space really is the next frontier for data centers. We recently reported Lonestar was preparing to send the first physical data center (actually a RISC-V processor with a Phison SSD running Ubuntu) to the Moon, following the company’s earlier success in testing the world’s first software-defined data center on the International Space Station (ISS).
Now, IBM’s Red Hat has announced a tie-up with Axiom Space to send a data center to the ISS in spring 2025. The Data Center Unit-1 (AxDCU-1) prototype will be powered by Red Hat Device Edge, an enterprise-grade version of MicroShift (a lightweight Kubernetes distribution derived from Red Hat OpenShift), along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
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