An American startup will pioneer sending AI data centers into space by launching the Starcloud-1 satellite equipped with the NVIDIA H100 GPU via a Falcon 9 rocket. This satellite's primary tasks include processing satellite imagery and evaluating Google's Gemma language model.
The ambitious goal is to develop an orbital "data farm" with a colossal capacity of up to 5 gigawatts, marking a significant advancement in space-based data processing capabilities.