Microsoft Azure And HP Partner To Bring AI-Powered Cloud Computing To Space

As Tom Keane, Corporate VP of Azure Global, explains, “Astronauts and space explorers deserve access to the best cloud computing technologies and advanced processing.” When it comes to working and computing in space, “Sometimes analysis needs to be done immediately at the edge,” or “other times the analysis is so massively complex that it can only be performed with the power of the hyperscale cloud.” Thus, the Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) relationship was formed.
The goal of pairing HPE and hyper scale Azure would allow for the development of AI and machine learning models to complete research, make weather models, support hydroponics, and analyze medical imaging. Ultimately, “HPE and Microsoft are collaborating to further accelerate space exploration by delivering state-of-the art technologies to tackle a range of data processing needs while in orbit,” according to Dr. Mark Fernandez, Solutions Architect of Converged Edge Systems at HPE.