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Rocket Lab Introduces Advanced Silicon Solar Arrays To Power Space-Based Data Centers
As surging AI and compute demand pushes terrestrial data centers to their limit, space-based data centers can harness infinitely abundant solar energy in orbit thanks to Rocket Lab’s rapidly scalable silicon solar arraysLONG BEACH, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rocket Lab Corporation (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced the introduction of advanced silicon solar arrays designed to power gigawatt-scale sp
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