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Virtus Solis Signs Landmark 20-Year Space Solar PPA with Brae Systems to Deliver 250 MW of Orbital Baseload Clean Power - press release, PR Newswire, 2026-09-30 07:00 ET (release 302894283)

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• CLM-1212 A space solar start-up says it has signed a 20-year deal to sell power from orbit to a data-centre company: 100 MW at first, perhaps 250 MW later, received in Illinois. Only the two companies have said so, and no price or start date is given.
• CLM-1213 The first buyer wants the power for underwater computer centres for AI. The release pitches power from orbit as a fix for AI's power and cooling limits.
• CLM-1214 (low confidence) The company says its beam will be on 99.9 per cent of the time, and that a 2 million dollar development agreement with a US government energy agency (ARPA-E) supports its work. It plans a public power-beaming demonstration in March 2027 and says it expects record efficiency. None of this is independently confirmed.
• CLM-1215 The deal was announced on the day of a space solar session in Washington, D.C., where the company says its chief executive will speak.
• CLM-1216 (low confidence) The company says more customers are lined up. It names none and gives no numbers.

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