{"id":2328,"date":"2026-06-18T17:10:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:10:32","slug":"space-startups-seek-insurance-for-orbital-ai-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2328","title":{"rendered":"Space startups seek insurance for orbital AI data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><li>Companies<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>NEW YORK\/LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) &#8211; Space companies have spoken with insurers about coverage for orbital AI data centers, a sign \u200cof early progress for an experimental industry backed by Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX (SPCX.O)<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span> and Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin.<\/div><div>The concept of data center satellites \u2014 designed to bypass Earth\u2019s power constraints \u2014 has drawn growing attention since Musk described them as the future of artificial intelligence development ahead of \u200bSpaceX&#8217;s record\u2011breaking public listing this month. Securing insurance is critical for companies trying to move orbital data centers \u200bfrom concept to reality. Without coverage for the costly hardware and risks involved, attracting \u2060the debt financing needed to scale such ventures would be difficult.<\/div><div>Blue Origin and a host of space startups, including \u200bOrbital, Starcloud, Lonestar Data Holdings and Cowboy Space, have also signaled their intention to launch space-based data centers.<\/div><div>Reuters spoke \u200bto four brokers and underwriters and three space firms who said talks had taken place about orbital data center coverage, although they remain preliminary.<\/div><div>Insurance broker Marsh said several companies have approached insurers to understand what future coverage for orbital data centers might entail, without \u200bnaming the firms.<\/div><div>&#8220;We&#8217;re already starting to see companies that are focused on data centers and companies that are \u200bfocused on digital infrastructure looking to the insurance community for support,&#8221; said Patton Kline, U.S. aviation and space practice leader at Marsh.<\/div><div>Lonestar \u200csaid \u2060it recently held a briefing at Marsh&#8217;s offices for insurance marketplace Lloyd&#8217;s of London, attended by about 25 insurers.<\/div><div>SpaceX and Blue Origin did not respond to requests for comment.<\/div><h2>ORBITAL AI NEW FOR INSURERS<\/h2><div>Insurers already cover launch failures, satellite malfunctions, orbital debris and space weather in a global space market that collects roughly $500 million in annual premiums, according to industry \u200bexecutives and insurance firm \u200bAxa XL.<\/div><div>But while insurers have \u2060decades of experience covering satellites, they have little data on orbital AI infrastructure.<\/div><div>&#8220;The conversations in the market are focused on whether the risk can be modeled, rather than what \u200bthe premium should be,&#8221; said Kasey Roh, U.S. head of Upstage AI, which develops \u200bAI tools for \u2060insurance companies.<\/div><div>Part of the challenge is valuing rapidly advancing AI chips, which could be vulnerable to harsh conditions in space, said Orbital CEO Euwyn Poon.<\/div><div>David Wade, space underwriter at Atrium, said venture-capital-backed startups would have to expand before there would \u2060be \u200ba major insurance market for orbital data centers.<\/div><div>&#8220;Until we get past that \u200bearly round of financing and start seeing some of these companies expand by raising debt, I think the insurance needs are very limited at \u200bthe moment.&#8221;<\/div><div><address><div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" alt=\"Akash Sriram\" class=\"wp-image-503\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7be3927b7b4b91d86b58b7105eef0a24.avif\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><div>Akash Sriram<\/div><\/div><div><ul><li><span><div><svg><title>Email<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>X<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Instagram<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><li><span><div><svg><title>Linkedin<\/title><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/address><\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2326\">White House sends text of interim US-Iran agreement to US Congress<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2324\">Vance criticizes Israel \u2018freakout\u2019 over Iran deal in New York Times interview<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2322\">Wall St advances as Iran deal optimism offsets hawkish Fed; Intel soars<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space companies have spoken with insurers about coverage for orbital AI data centers, a sign \u200cof early progress for an experimental industry backed by Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos&#8217; Blue Origin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[112,148,154],"class_list":["post-2328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-capital-markets","tag-disrupted","tag-insurance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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