While quantum communications satellites are preparing for launch, quantum computers face significant barriers to reaching orbit. The space quantum revolution is happening in phases, with secure communications leading the way.
As AI drives unprecedented energy consumption in terrestrial data centers, researchers propose an orbital solution. Space offers natural cooling and abundant solar power for truly carbon-neutral computing infrastructure. This radical approach could redefine sustainable technology.
NVIDIA is launching its powerful H100 GPU into orbit through a partnership with AI startup Starcloud. The collaboration aims to build the first space-based data centers, leveraging unlimited solar power and cosmic cooling. This ambitious project could solve Earth’s growing data center energy and cooling challenges.
NVIDIA is taking artificial intelligence capabilities beyond Earth’s atmosphere through a groundbreaking partnership with AI startup Starcloud, according to reports. The collaboration marks the first serious effort to establish data centers in space, with initial deployment scheduled aboard the Starcloud-1 satellite. Sources indicate this 60-kilogram platform will carry NVIDIA’s powerful H100 GPU, delivering what analysts suggest could be approximately 100 times the computing performance of current space-based systems.
A California startup’s ambitious plan to launch thousands of reflective satellites into orbit to provide sunlight to solar farms at night is generating significant pushback from scientific communities. Astronomers warn the project could create permanent light pollution equivalent to having a full moon visible every night, while ecologists highlight threats to wildlife behavior patterns.
A California-based startup’s plan to deploy thousands of orbiting mirrors to redirect sunlight to solar farms is generating significant concern within the scientific community, according to reports. Reflect Orbital aims to launch a constellation of 4,000 reflective satellites by 2030 to provide what the company describes as “continuous, reliable access to energy, day or night” for terrestrial solar installations.
The Scale of Starlink’s Constellation SpaceX’s Starlink project has achieved a monumental milestone with over 10,000 satellites launched since its…
