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COP30 highlighted how central satellite data has become to climate action, from land use to disaster risk. The UK’s Space4Climate showcase reinforced that momentum. But there’s a critical distinction: most Earth observation shows structures. Thermal intelligence shows activity. 📍 This image of tree canopy in Darwin, Australia illustrates why that matters. Using high-resolution thermal data, SatVu worked with the Office of Planetary Observations, to identify street-level locations where extreme surface heat, combined with low canopy cover, created measurable public health risk. This wasn’t an average heat trend. It was precise, site-specific evidence showing exactly where targeted greening and adaptation would have the greatest impact. That’s the difference thermal intelligence brings: independent verification of real-world conditions, not just surface change. Read in for the full picture 🔗 https://lnkd.in/esVs7aqc COP30 Brazil #TheWorldsThermometer

Thermal activity is the most objective indicator of when a new data centre asset actually goes live. Traditional reporting leaves investors and operators waiting weeks for confirmation. Thermal intelligence delivers evidence the moment cooling systems, substations, and electrical infrastructure begin to draw real load - the point at which a facility becomes operational. SatVu provides that verification from orbit. Our 3.5 m-resolution thermal imagery detects the activation of cooling plants, HVAC cycles, and proxy electrical assets - the signatures that reflect real operational behaviour. This enables independent confirmation of go-live dates, capacity additions, and early-stage ramp activity across global portfolios. The example shown - a large-scale, power-intensive site at the flagship data centre of a bitcoin mining company in Rockdale, Texas - demonstrates how operational heat signatures remain clearly detectable from space. With this capability, organisations gain: 👉 Independent verification of go-live status and capacity additions. 👉 Performance benchmarking, comparing behaviour across assets or regions and detecting anomalies. 👉 Visibility into macro capacity trends, revealing where electrical demand is accelerating and where constraints may emerge. Understand operational truth about global data centre activity - insight you cannot source from optical imagery, public reporting, or construction updates: https://lnkd.in/exefe7wV #TheWorldsThermometer

As the year comes to a close, thermal intelligence is moving from advantage to necessity. 📸 Co-founder & CEO Anthony Baker with Co-founder & CTO Tobias Reinicke, alongside HotSat-2 - SatVu's next satellite delivering independent, high-resolution thermal intelligence from space. HotSat-2 will reach a major milestone in 2026, with shipment and launch planned for the early part of next year - watch this space. 2025 has been about momentum: including scaling access across North America through our partnership with Sanborn, supporting Japan’s sovereign space capability with IHI Corporation, and accelerating deployment with a €1m European Space Agency - ESA Marketplace Support award. In his year-end letter, Anthony recaps the groundwork laid in 2025 and explains why 2026 will be a turning point for thermal intelligence. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ePxueGK7 #TheWorldsThermometer

SatVu’s latest 3.5 m high-resolution thermal satellite image reveals near-real-time activity inside one of the largest data centres in the United States, offering an external view of how energy-intensive infrastructure is actually performing, not just how it’s described. By observing heat as a direct by-product of activity, thermal intelligence enables consistent monitoring of operational behaviour over time, independent of disclosures, reporting cycles, or assumptions. For a sector that sits among the most energy-intensive on the grid - accelerated by AI, cloud and crypto demand - this level of visibility is mission-critical: 👉 Regulators and grid operators gain a clearer picture of real load and energy impact, rather than planned or theoretical capacity. 👉 Analysts can see when and where capacity is activated, and how utilisation develops over time. 👉 Investors and communities can assess scale and footprint using measurable evidence, reducing uncertainty in planning and policy decisions. Explore how independent thermal insight is reshaping visibility into data centre operations - the full story in Datacentre UK. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eKKnhRc7 #TheWorldsThermometer

Primed for monitoring strategic sites for operational activity - SatVu leads the commercial space-based thermal imagery sector. Where EO and radar sensors enable users to detect, SatVu data allows them to understand. 📍Fiery Cross Reef, a Chinese-built strategic island base in the South China Sea, is a forward outpost in a contested region, both militarily and economically. HotSats enable users to assess the operational tempo, understand changes, and act decisively. This HotSat nighttime image highlights an active vessel; the funnel shows a thermal return. Has it just returned to base? Is it about to depart to meet the U.S. Navy strike force that entered the South China Sea less than 24 hours from the time of image collection? This is why HotSat data is mission-critical; it enables timely assessments of indicators and warnings around strategic targets. With HotSat data, we can learn what is operational - crucially, we understand what is important. #TheWorldsThermometer #Intelligence #INDOPACOM #RoyalNavy #RoyalAustralianNavy

Payload took a deep dive into why data centres are becoming one of the most important “trackable assets” in the global economy - and how SatVu’s thermal intelligence is bringing independent visibility to what’s really happening on the ground. With 3.5m high-resolution thermal imagery, we can see the physical signals that matter: cooling systems coming online, substations under load, and how activity ramps across a site over time - insight that doesn’t rely on announcements, reporting cycles, or guesswork. As AI, cloud and crypto infrastructure accelerates, this kind of near-real-time transparency is becoming essential for investors, operators, regulators and communities alike. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eheDUVa3 #TheWorldsThermometer

This week we released a first-of-its-kind 3.5m resolution thermal image revealing near-real-time operational activity inside one of the largest U.S. bitcoin mining data centres, in Rockdale, Texas. This is not about whether a facility exists on paper. It’s about what is actually operating - which cooling systems are under load, which substations are active, and how energy use is distributed across a live site. As AI, cloud and crypto drive major growth in data centre capacity, thermal intelligence provides regulators, grid operators, analysts and infrastructure stakeholders, with an independent, evidence-based view of: - When new capacity truly comes online - How energy demand is ramping in real time - Where operational load is concentrated across a campus With over $7 trillion projected to be invested in data centres globally by 2030, understanding operational reality is becoming essential. SatVu’s high-resolution thermal intelligence delivers that clarity. More from The Engineer UK 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ewm9s6sV

ITV News just got an exclusive peek behind the curtain at HotSat-2 - our newest satellite, and the next step in our mission as the world’s thermometer. Now nearing shipment from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), HotSat-2 will deliver sovereign, independent thermal data at a time when climate insight is becoming more urgent - and more politicised than ever. This platform will help governments and industry see what’s really happening across our planet’s energy, climate and infrastructure systems…and act faster. Huge thanks to ITV for spotlighting the power of thermal intelligence and sharing a first look at the future of climate monitoring. HotSat-2 is almost ready for orbit - bring on 2026. Watch the full report ➤ https://lnkd.in/eSATHVCg

On 16 November 2023, a fire was reported at one of the world’s largest oil refineries, in Al Zour, Kuwait. SatVu’s thermal intelligence provided the verification that public reporting could not. Our high-resolution thermal data traced the operational impact across the facility in detail - from site-level activity to individual units - revealing the true extent of the disruption. What the thermal record shows: - 4 November: Normal heat patterns across key sub-plants. - 17 November: A significant reduction in thermal activity, most acute in the desulphurisation sub-plant. - 30 November: Partial recovery, with Unit 12 remaining inactive, indicating continued downtime. This is independent, asset-level intelligence: a clear operational picture captured day and night and unaffected by the limitations of optical sensors or external reporting. 👉 Full analysis: https://lnkd.in/eUfd45r6 #TheWorldsThermometer

Image of the Week 📍 Corpus Christi, TX - Refinery Our HotSat constellation can provide a unique level of insight into efficiencies and operations that can’t be achieved through conventional Earth Observation (EO) or SAR sensors. As seen below, we were able to identify active pipework within industrial installations at Valero’s Corpus Christi refineries by leveraging Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) sensing. MWIR isn't just used to find the active flare stacks (this is the brightest, biggest orange return) but also the active pipework within the facility. Learn how our thermal imaging provides organisations with a strategic edge 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eHQf5228