[Shanghai’s “Pearl Constellation Project” officially launched, aiming to build a gigawatt-level space-based computing constellation] On September 13th, the 2026 Pujiang Innovation Forum “Space Computing Power Industry Ecological Forum” was held in Shanghai. The reporter learned from the scene that the "Pearl Constellation Project" was officially launched. The long-term goal of the plan is to build a gigawatt-level space-based computing constellation, conduct on-orbit verification around domestic computing loads, optical computing loads, new energy systems, etc., and then gradually enter the first batch of satellite deployment and large-scale networking stages. It is planned to gradually build a global coverage, space-ground collaboration, independent and controllable space intelligent computing infrastructure and service network by 2030. (Interface News reporter Xu Meihui)