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Explore our latest insights on the dynamic universe of the space economy, featuring deep analyses and innovative strategies spanning commercial ventures, defense developments,
and beyond.
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Discovery Session Igniting the space economy
Explore the growing space economy!
This immersive, design-thinking-fueled workshop takes you into the heart of the space revolution, examining the wealth of opportunities orbiting our planet. Through highly engaging, interactive exercises, you'll uncover the near-term realities and future potential of space-based ventures.
Collaborate with your team and subject matter professionals to identify strategies that can benefit your organization, helping ensure you are well positioned in the expanding space market now, near, and next.
Accelerator Session A space economy deep dive
Take a deep dive into the specifics of the space economy and discover how your organization can benefit today.
This focused workshop offers practical insights into the applications of space technology with tailored use cases for your team. Collaborate with other participants to identify potential partnerships within the space sector, fostering ventures that amplify your impact. You will leave with clear strategies for leveraging immediate opportunities and aligning with space-based assets and technologies for future growth.
KPMG Ignition is ready to transform your organization's capabilities and contribute to the future of space exploration and commerce.
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KPMG Ignition: Start here. Go anywhere.
KPMG Ignition creates insights and experiences that clarify your business challenge, align decision-makers, and deliver actionable outcomes.
You move forward with confidence and momentum, unlocking innovation and growth.
Ignition experiences help teams think clearly, reduce bias, and focus on what matters. Using behavioral science, LUMA methods, and storytelling, we align leaders around the right problem and drive confident action.
HUMAN CENTRIC
We use technology and AI intentionally to enhance experiences and accelerate outcomes. Through immersive environments, both digital
and physical, we make ideas tangible, keep teams engaged, and spark new ways
of thinking.
Tech enabled
Our work is grounded in insight, not assumptions. By combining KPMG intelligence with your team’s perspectives, we cut through the noise and help you focus on the signals that matter most.
Insights led
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Latency to
leadership
Orbital compute, Space-as-a-Service, and the future of AI infrastructure
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The future of AI isn't on Earth.
It's in Orbit.
Terrestrial data centers are hitting their limits. Discover how orbital compute and Space-as-a-Service are solving the AI infrastructure crisis and creating a new competitive frontier.
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The AI compute bottleneck is here
The exponential rise of AI has created an unprecedented strain on global computing infrastructure.
Training and running large-scale models demands vast quantities of energy, generating immense heat and concentrating critical workloads in facilities that are increasingly vulnerable. The question is no longer if we need a new solution, but how long can we afford to wait?
A new frontier:
Orbital compute and Space-as-a-Service
A fundamental paradigm shift is underway, moving from "cloud on Earth" to "cloud in orbit." This eBook explores the two interconnected concepts forming the foundation of the orbital compute economy.
The advantages of an orbital infrastructure
Latency
reduction
Eliminate downlink bottlenecks and enable near-real-time data exploitation for disaster response, maritime monitoring, and ISR.
Bandwidth efficiency
On-orbit "data thinning" dramatically reduces the volume of data that must be transmitted to ground, freeing up constrained spectrum.
Operational resilience
Decouple mission-critical analytics from terrestrial outages. Autonomous mesh architectures provide failover and continuity.
Energy and sustainability
Harness continuous solar power and use the vacuum of space for efficient radiative cooling, eliminating land-intensive cooling systems.
"What once centered on launch capability and satellite deployment now extends into digital infrastructure, data sovereignty, and enterprise value creation at planetary scale. Space has become a domain where strategic advantage is designed, engineered, and defended through long-term investment decisions."
— Brian Miske, US Ignition Leader, Americas Space Leader, KPMG US
NOW (1-2 Years):
Technical Validation & Early Adoption
Focus on pilot projects, running select AI inference tasks on existing platforms (SPaaS) to prove the technical and economic case.
NEAR (3-5 Years):
Scaling & Integration
Deploy interconnected mesh nodes of orbital data centers, integrate next-generation energy solutions, and codify data governance.
NEXT (5-10 Years):
Market Integration & Ecosystem Maturity
Offer on-demand, SLA-backed Compute-as-a-Service in orbit, enabling seamless workload management between ground and space.
The roadmap to leadership
Lead the way in the
new space economy.
Get the complete analysis, strategic roadmap, and board-level insights you need to turn latency into leadership.
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Ready to explore the
space economy?
Understanding the orbital compute opportunity is the first step. The KPMG Ignition team can help you translate these strategic insights into a concrete roadmap for your organization.
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