Engineers work on the construction of a Orbit satellite at Space Industries' new facility "Stellar Hub" in Settimo Torinese, near Turin, northern Italy, on October 28, 2026. The facility aims to introduce repeatable, scalable industrial processes to space manufacturing, providing companies, operators, institutions and research organisations with the infrastructure and expertise to manage multiple programmes at a single site, from testing to full satellite constellation production.The 8,000-square-metre facility includes around 2,000 square metres of cleanrooms and is designed to manufacture satellites weighing up to 600 kilograms. The maximum production output could reach 140 satellites per year, depending on programme requirements. (Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP via Getty Images)

An engineer works on the construction of a "Orbit" satellite at Space Industries' new facility "Stellar Hub" in Settimo Torinese, near Turin, northern Italy, on October 28, 2026. The facility aims to introduce repeatable, scalable industrial processes to space manufacturing, providing companies, operators, institutions and research organisations with the infrastructure and expertise to manage multiple programmes at a single site, from testing to full satellite constellation production.The 8,000-square-metre facility includes around 2,000 square metres of cleanrooms and is designed to manufacture satellites weighing up to 600 kilograms. The maximum production output could reach 140 satellites per year, depending on programme requirements. (Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP via Getty Images)

Chief of Staff and Minister for Special Tasks Nina Warken (R) looks on as German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil (C) greets German Minister for Research, Technology and Aerospace Dorothee Baer (L) at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on October 28, 2026 at the Chancellery in Berlin. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - Supporters of Extinction Rebellion Cape Town protest against proposed data centres in the city, outside the Civic Centre in Cape Town, on September 4, 2026. As the South African government encourages data centre development to promote "Africa's digital gateway", civil society groups have demanded a moratorium and the establishment of controls. With around 63 centres, South Africa is the most advanced data centre market on the continent, which has less than one percent of global facilities, and is keen to attract more in a sector being propelled by the AI boom. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - An ESKOM personnel, the national electricity supplier, works on a streetlight next to a communal tap at the Barcelona informal settlement in Gugulethu, which is located less than 2km from the site of a proposed large data centre near Cape Town International Airport, in Cape Town, on September 7, 2026. As the South African government encourages data centre development to promote "Africa's digital gateway", civil society groups have demanded a moratorium and the establishment of controls. With around 63 centres, South Africa is the most advanced data centre market on the continent, which has less than one percent of global facilities, and is keen to attract more in a sector being propelled by the AI boom. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP via Getty Images)

Members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department display a computer server equipped with AI chips that was confiscated at Kuala Lumpur airport's free trade zone, following a press conference in Sepang on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)

Director of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Customs Department (LTAKL), Aspalila AG Tuah (L) and members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department display a computer server equipped with AI chips that was confiscated at Kuala Lumpur airport's free trade zone, following a press conference in Sepang on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)

Director of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Customs Department (LTAKL), Aspalila AG Tuah (2nd L), and Head of the Strategic Secretariat at the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) Masyitah Ismail (L) pose with members of the Royal Malaysian Customs Department beside computer servers equipped with AI chips that was confiscated at Kuala Lumpur airport's free trade zone, following a press conference in Sepang on October 28, 2026. (Photo by Mohd Rasfan / AFP via Getty Images)