Leon Alkalai
Founder and CTO of Sophia Space and CEO of Mandala Space Ventures, focused on scalable space-native data center designs emphasizing deployable structures, power collection, and thermal management.
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Feb 16, 2026 • 39min
What’s the future of orbital data centers?
Lori W. Gordon, systems director coordinating policy and community for orbital data center development. Dr. Leon Alkalai, space-native data center designer focused on deployable structures and thermal solutions. Jason Aspiotis, leader of in-orbit compute demos and prototype nodes. They discuss Axiom’s ISS demos, scalable design and thermal/power challenges, optical links and launch economics, cybersecurity, policy gaps, and phased scaling strategies.
