{
 "id": "axdcu-1",
 "entry": 19,
 "name": "AxDCU-1 on the International Space Station",
 "group": "launched",
 "class": "compute",
 "location": "space station",
 "operator": "Axiom Space",
 "developer": "Axiom Space, with Red Hat",
 "host": "International Space Station",
 "catalogue": null,
 "dates": {
  "launched": "2025-08",
  "ran": null,
  "reported": "2025-09-16",
  "ended": null
 },
 "hardware": "a data processing prototype running Red Hat Device Edge",
 "software": "none reported",
 "did": "Was sent to the station to test cloud computing and, by the plan announced, AI and machine learning. No AI workload is reported in what was read.",
 "marks": [
  {
   "stage": "L",
   "evidence": 1,
   "basis": [
    "c1"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "claims": [
  {
   "id": "c1",
   "kind": "quote",
   "text": "the achievement of launching the Axiom Data Center Unit One (AxDCU-1) to the space station in August",
   "speaker": "Axiom Space",
   "relation": "operator",
   "source": "axiom-spacebilt-axdcu",
   "url": "https://www.axiomspace.com/release/axiom-space-spacebilt-announce-orbital-data-center-node",
   "source_title": "Axiom Space, Spacebilt Announce Orbital Data Center Node Aboard International Space Station",
   "publisher": "Axiom Space",
   "source_kind": "press-release",
   "published": "2025-09-16",
   "published_basis": "dateline of the release",
   "accessed": "2026-10-04",
   "copy_route": "direct",
   "read": "in part: about six excerpts of 10,500 characters"
  },
  {
   "id": "c2",
   "kind": "quote",
   "text": "The prototype will test applications in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning(AI/ML), data fusion and space cybersecurity.",
   "speaker": "Axiom Space and Red Hat",
   "relation": "operator",
   "source": "axiom-redhat-axdcu",
   "url": "https://www.axiomspace.com/release/red-hat-teams-up-with-axiom-space-to-launch-optimize-axiom-spaces-data-center-unit-1-on-orbit",
   "source_title": "Red Hat Teams Up with Axiom Space to Launch, Optimize the Space Company's Data Center Unit-1 On Orbit",
   "publisher": "Axiom Space and Red Hat",
   "source_kind": "press-release",
   "published": "2025-03-06",
   "published_basis": "dateline of the release",
   "accessed": "2026-10-04",
   "copy_route": "direct",
   "read": "in part: about five excerpts of 4,600 characters"
  }
 ],
 "conflicts": [],
 "notes": "The second quotation is a plan, written before launch.",
 "changed": "Raised from L0 to L1: the operator's own release was read, where before the entry rested on another tracker.",
 "headline": "L1"
}