United StatesCowboy Space’s upper stage becomes a megawatt-class orbital data center.
Cowboy wants megawatts in orbit for AI chips, and its chief operating officer says launch capacity is scarce.
The rocket’s skin becomes the radiator, ammonia propellant doubles as coolant, and nitrogen pressurant deploys the solar wings.
Big Iron has not flown, and only part of its Clydesdale engine has been tested.
Cowboy targets Big Iron’s first flight in 2028, and its 20,000-satellite constellation awaits Federal Communications Commission approval.
How each outlet framed it
- Payload
- frames Big Iron's upper stage as an orbital megawatt data center for AI chips, and opens the rocket to outside payloads via Big Iron Express
Sources: Payload