Agnikul Cosmos to partner with NeevCloud to host data centre in space

Agnikul founders Srinath Ravichandran (left), Co-founder & CEO, and Moin SPM, Co-founder & COO

As AI workloads soar and increase the need for data centres, an Indian space tech start-up is gearing up to facilitate a Data Centre (DC) in space.

Space tech start-up Agnikul Cosmos now has the capabilities to host space-based data centres via its extendable upper stage, and in its first commercial agreement, Agnikul is partnering with cloud company NeevCloud to help the latter host their AI SuperCloud platform in space, businessline has learnt.

“We are providing a platform to host our partner entity’s data centre in orbit in the upper stage. This is a natural extension of our rocket, which has already been designed to function in orbit in the upper stage after you eject a satellite. We are now going to work with NeevCloud to repurpose it to host their DC,” Srinath Ravichandran, co-founder and CEO, Agnikul Cosmos, told businessline.

NeevCloud is an Indian entity empowering AI companies all over the world by providing Cloud AI solutions by leveraging cloud-based GPU technology.

In a first

Agnikul and NeevCloud have been in discussions to host the latter’s payload in space and in that process arrived on this decision to align to host DC in space, Ravichandran explains.

Globally, technology companies are exploring the launch of data centres into orbit to address Earth’s power and cooling constraints. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is among companies working actively on this. In India, Agnikul’s capability to host DCs in upper stage may be the first instance of a rocket company doing it.

Agnikul‘s existing architecture is such that the upper stage of their rocket can extend its life in orbit after a satellite is launched. With the patented technology already in place, the start-up has now found an application in repurposing it to host DCs in space. NeevCloud will now be working to come up with a stack of GPUs and other network architecture that can be hosted on Agnikul’s upper stage of the rocket to create a DC in space.

The right space

In terms of timeline, Agnikul aims to demonstrate a basic prototype of this DC module on a test basis in their upcoming launch in coming months and then go for an actual launch into space by 2027.

The idea of setting up a DC in space is getting a lot of interest globally as space will address the aspect of energy availability, environmentally sustainable, and the ability to cool with less cost.

“The impact from solar energy is much more powerful, and the fact that cooling here is almost available for free,” Ravichandran said.

The mass of the satellite and other level specs are all in place and both the companies will now work to customise our platforms so that it works well to host a DC in space, Ravichandran added.

Published on February 12, 2026