Starcloud, an NVIDIA Inception member, is embarking on a pioneering mission to construct AI-powered data centers in space.
The initial satellite from the company, Starcloud 1, will be launched in November with an NVIDIA H100 GPU aboard, the first time a cutting-edge data center-class GPU runs in space.
Starcloud envisions space-based data centers offering 10 times lower energy costs and significantly reduced Earth’s energy consumption, utilizing space’s vacuum as a cooling device and solar energy as an effectively unlimited energy source.
The company plans to construct an orbital 5-gigawatt data center completely powered by solar panels and passively cooled in space.
These would have the capability to process data in orbit, enabling faster analysis for use in applications including Earth observation, fire detection, and distress signal response.
Processing inference in space would allow insights to be delivered in real-time, cutting response times from hours to minutes.
Redmond, Washington-based Starcloud will host Google’s Gemma models and eventually integrate NVIDIA’s Blackwell platform for even more in-orbit AI capabilities.
The firm is convinced that in ten years, the majority of new data centers will be constructed outside Earth’s atmosphere.
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