Hungary’s 4iG makes $100m bet on space-based data centres
Hungarian telco to acquire stake in US-based space player, and eyeing collaboration on orbital data centres, among other tech areas. Move marks the latest in a series of purchases it has made under an M&A-led expansion strategy bridging telco and military…
This article includes:
- Organisations: 4iG; 4iG Space & Defence; Axiom Space; Aljazira Capital; Amazon Web Services (AWS); Blue Origin; Boryung; C5 Capital; FaceKom; Gestamen; Google; Google Research; Kepler Communications; Mobil Adat; NASA; Netfone Telecom; N7 Defence; PR-Telecom; RÁBA; Skyloom Global; SpaceX.
- Geographies: Asia-Pacific; Europe; Hungary; Middle East; Saudi Arabia; South Korea; United Kingdom (UK); United States of America (USA).
- People: Travis Beals; Jeff Bezos; Elon Musk; Viktor Orbán.
- Themes: Artificial intelligence (AI); Automotive components; Cloud computing; Customer identification; Data analysis; Data processing; Data storage; Defence; Digital infrastructure; Fibre (FTTP); Funding; Hyperscalers; IT; Internet of Things (IoT); Low-Earth orbit satellites (LEO); Manufacturing; Microgravity research; Military technology; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); Network expansion; Optical ground stations; Orbital data centres; Private space stations; Satellite; Space data; Space industry; Space technology; Telescience; Terrestrial infrastructure.
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