SpaceX taps NVIDIA for 1M-satellite AI plan

SpaceX has expanded its partnership with NVIDIA to power Starmind, a proposed network of orbital data centers designed to process artificial intelligence workloads in space. Summary SpaceX will use NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform for its planned Starmind satellite network. The company has requested FCC approval for up to one million orbital data-center satellites. NVIDIA says its Space-1 module provides up to 25 times the AI compute of an H100 GPU. SPCX gained 9.8%, while NVIDIA shares rose 2.5% following the announcement. SpaceX adds NVIDIA chips to Starmind network SpaceX plans to equip its Starmind satellites with NVIDIA’s Rubin graphics processing units and Vera central processing units. The hardware forms part of NVIDIA’s Space-1 platform, which was developed for AI processing and other computing workloads in orbit. AI compute is going to orbit. 🚀@SpaceX’s Starmind AI1 satellite compute payload is powered by NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72, bringing AI factory compute closer to the stars.The next chapter of AI infrastructure boldly goes where no AI compute has gone before. pic.twitter.com/sJaY8Cg7b7— NVIDIA (@nvidia) August 4, 2026 The partnership expands NVIDIA’s list of space-computing...