CCS

"The challenges really are the fact that it is a relatively new satellite company," said Luke Pearce, from analysts CCS Insight.

Despite the challenges, Ben Wood, chief analyst at technology research company CCS Insight, expects that more personalised AI services will emerge in 2025.

Over the next five years as much as $1tn could be invested in datacentres by the biggest data users, including Google, Microsoft and Meta, according to CCS Insight.

The firm Harmony CCS Limited, which is based in Belfast, was prosecuted and pleaded guilty to a single health and safety breach.

“The government of California talks about CCS as absolutely critical in order to achieve the energy transition. There’s no place better to get this started than in Kern County, the capital, the energy capital of California.”