BREAKING: Elon Musk says SpaceX will send at least one datacenter rack into space next year, with more to follow in 2028.
“SpaceX, in partnership with Nvidia, has designed a space-optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 system for launch to orbit in Q4 next year, with significant scale in 2028,” Musk said on X.
Nvidia states SpaceX’s datacenter satellites “will be based on the optimized NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale system.”
SpaceX and Nvidia are customizing a "Space-1 Vera Rubin Module" to lower weight and withstand extreme space environments.
SpaceX has published details of its datacenter satellite design that says it will possess a 210 kW solar array, and use liquid radiators that “reject heat into the vacuum of space, built upon SpaceX's extensive experience operating vehicles on-orbit.”
The company is, however, yet to build such a satellite. It therefore looks conceivable that SpaceX and Nvidia could make this work – but because space is hard many obstacles also exist that could derail the promise of launches at scale in 2028.
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“SpaceX, in partnership with Nvidia, has designed a space-optimized Vera Rubin NVL72 system for launch to orbit in Q4 next year, with significant scale in 2028,” Musk said on X.
Nvidia states SpaceX’s datacenter satellites “will be based on the optimized NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale system.”
SpaceX and Nvidia are customizing a "Space-1 Vera Rubin Module" to lower weight and withstand extreme space environments.
SpaceX has published details of its datacenter satellite design that says it will possess a 210 kW solar array, and use liquid radiators that “reject heat into the vacuum of space, built upon SpaceX's extensive experience operating vehicles on-orbit.”
The company is, however, yet to build such a satellite. It therefore looks conceivable that SpaceX and Nvidia could make this work – but because space is hard many obstacles also exist that could derail the promise of launches at scale in 2028.
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