Project Gemilang · Digital assets · Asset tokenization
Sun-powered data centers in orbit
NEXORB is building sealed, solar-powered data centers that circle the Earth. They are funded through a Sharia-compliant security token planned for issuance from Abu Dhabi under ADGM and FSRA rules.
The problem
Ground limits and the space data bottleneck
On the ground
Demand for computing keeps rising, while new data centers compete for power, water and land.
In orbit
Satellites collect more data than they can send home. Raw data waits for ground passes, and downlink is the bottleneck.
NEXORB moves the data center to where the energy and the data already are: orbit.
First customers we are designing for: Earth observation operators, research institutions, and governments in the GCC and Southeast Asia.
Solution and value proposition
A data center in one armoured shell
Processing happens where the data starts. Customers send data up and receive results, not raw data. Power comes from the sun, and heat leaves through a radiator built into the shell.
- 1Solar skinPower from the sun-facing shell
- 2Debris shieldLayered bumper against debris
- 3Thermal blanketGold foil keeps the core stable
- 4Night-side radiatorRejects heat to deep space
- 5Coolant loopMoves heat from core to radiator
- 6Compute and storage coreAbout 50 accelerators and 1 PB (assumed)
- 7Laser terminalOptical link to the ground, flush with the shell
- 8Radio antennaBackup radio link
Concept render, cutaway view. Specifications are assumptions that a feasibility study will set.
Digital assets · Asset tokenization
A regulated, Sharia-compliant token
The NEXORB token is planned as a permissioned digital security on BNB Chain, with a KYC whitelist and a fixed supply of 100,000,000 tokens. Nothing can be minted later.
Built-in mechanisms
Tokens paid for services are burned. A fixed share of profit buys tokens back for burning. Holders may convert to shares at a planned listing, with a proposed priority lane for token holders before the share offering opens to others.
Guarded treasury
Every treasury release needs Shariah Supervisory Board sign-off and 7 days' public notice. Funds are released against milestones, not on a calendar.
Sharia commitment
Musharakah terms: profit and loss are shared. No interest-bearing debt, lawful business only, and a fatwa required before any offering. The same rules, disclosures and KYC apply to every holder, whatever their faith or none.
Regulated route
Issuance is planned through an ADGM entity under FSRA oversight. Nothing is offered to the public before FSRA approval and the SSB fatwa.
Why the UAE, and why the world
Green, sovereign capacity that serves everyone
Clean and independent
Powered directly by sunlight in orbit, with no grid connection, no cooling water and a small ground footprint. A UAE-led operator and legal home lets customers choose sovereign capacity. It fits the UAE direction toward net zero by 2050.
Global service
Orbit passes over every region, so customers are not tied to one country. Our targets are the GCC, Southeast Asia, Africa and Europe, with one price list and support in Arabic, English and Indonesian.
R&D with UAE engineers and labs
We want UAE campus laboratories and engineers to work with us on thermal design, radiation-tolerant compute, optical links and materials, through joint projects, thesis topics, internships and shared lab tests. These are targets: no agreements are signed yet.
Design targets, not results
Green and global claims are goals. A small demonstrator must prove power, cooling and link performance first.
Roadmap
Four gated phases to the first sphere
Foundation
Gate: FSRA approval and SSB fatwa
Token listing
Gate: listing live, vault active
Research and design
Gate: design review passed
Demonstrator
Gate: in-orbit targets met
About USD 40.5M to first orbit. A service fleet follows from 2031 only when unit economics are proven. Each phase starts only when the gate before it is passed. Amounts are plans, not commitments.
Where we are
Honest status
What exists
A 19-page whitepaper, prototype smart contracts with 28 passing automated tests (testnet only), an investment model that stress-tests 10 options over 6,000 simulations each, a project proposal, and a full brand identity.
What does not exist yet
No funds raised, no customers, no revenue and no hardware in orbit. Our own model shows that selling raw compute hours rarely pays back, so we start asset-light and build our own spheres only when signed contracts prove the price.
Founding team
Built in Abu Dhabi
Yasir Gunawan, Founder
Master of Science and Google Project Management Professional Certificated with 11+ years in EPC(M) projects in the UAE and Indonesia. Managed a portfolio above USD 452M. Based in Abu Dhabi.
Fluent in Arabic, English and Indonesian, for customers in the GCC and Southeast Asia.
Next hires and advisers: a CTO or technical co-founder, a blockchain lead, a finance lead, external ADGM counsel and a Shariah Supervisory Board.
Partner with us
Partners, investors and engineers
We are looking for professional investors, a technical co-founder, satellite platform partners and UAE research laboratories. Write your message below and it goes straight to the founder.
Yasir Gunawan, Founder · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Your details are used only to reply to you.