Ireland and the United Kingdom enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-248 · dossier edition · 30 August 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform change across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

data and AI platform migration · operational

Space Intelligence moves geospatial production beyond desktop workflows onto Microsoft Foundry and Planetary Computer Pro

Microsoft's dated Planetary Computer Pro general-availability announcement states that Edinburgh-based Space Intelligence is using Microsoft Foundry and Planetary Computer Pro for petabyte-scale satellite-data workflows after moving beyond desktop-based geospatial workflows, with Microsoft reporting materially faster mapping and much higher data-production scale.

Organisation
Space Intelligence, United Kingdom
Predecessor
Desktop-based geospatial workflows used for the source-described satellite-data production process
Destination
Microsoft Foundry and Planetary Computer Pro supporting the source-described petabyte-scale geospatial data and AI workflow
Workload
Microsoft Foundry and Planetary Computer Pro
Stage
operational
Evidence boundary: The dated 2 June 2026 Microsoft evidence proves operational use of the described Microsoft Foundry and Planetary Computer Pro workflow by that evidence horizon. It does not establish 2 June as a private cutover date, prove that every Space Intelligence workload moved to Azure, or generalise the bounded geospatial workflow into a whole-estate migration.

Verified platform change

Microsoft's dated Planetary Computer Pro general-availability announcement states that Edinburgh-based Space Intelligence is using Microsoft Foundry and Planetary Computer Pro for petabyte-scale satellite-data workflows after moving beyond desktop-based geospatial workflows, with Microsoft reporting materially faster mapping and much higher data-production scale.

Transition

From: Desktop-based geospatial workflows used for the source-described satellite-data production process

To: Microsoft Foundry and Planetary Computer Pro supporting the source-described petabyte-scale geospatial data and AI workflow

Known unknowns

The dated 2 June 2026 Microsoft evidence proves operational use of the described Microsoft Foundry and Planetary Computer Pro workflow by that evidence horizon. It does not establish 2 June as a private cutover date, prove that every Space Intelligence workload moved to Azure, or generalise the bounded geospatial workflow into a whole-estate migration.

Official sources

  1. Microsoft Planetary Computer Pro is generally available — 2026-06-02
  2. Microsoft Planetary Computer Pro — Undated official source