🚀 While on Earth the sacred wars of tech giants continue — who will first assemble a ground cluster of one million H100s and finally melt Europe’s power grid — one startup is quietly changing the rules of the game. Starcloud decided that if computing has become too “hot,” it’s time… to take it off the planet.
Not figuratively, but in the most literal sense: the company, together with Nvidia, is launching H100 accelerators into orbit to deploy the first-ever space data center for AI. Not a demonstration cube for a lab, not an experimental satellite, but a real infrastructure for full-scale artificial intelligence models.
What this even means
The idea sounds like science fiction — but works surprisingly logically.
- Energy: its own solar panels provide almost free, carbon-free electricity.
- Cooling: the vacuum of space solves the overheating problem that even giants like Google and Amazon struggle with on Earth.
- Model: inference and training based on Google’s Gemma — i.e., real LLM processes directly in the orbital environment.
Starcloud is effectively creating “AI in zero gravity” — a data center that doesn’t depend on electricity prices, location, or climate restrictions.
Scale of the plan
According to the company’s plan, current missions are just the beginning. In a few years, they aim to launch series of satellites with full cloud infrastructure accessible via API, like ordinary AWS, only overhead.
In the long term — orbital AI clusters at gigawatt scale. Imagine solar and radiator panels one kilometer by one kilometer, orbiting the Earth and powering entire networks of space servers. All of this — with no emissions, no power grid overloads, no political risks, and minimal cooling costs.
Why it matters
According to Starcloud, orbital data centers could achieve up to 10x lower energy costs and CO₂ emissions compared to ground-based equivalents — even accounting for delivering equipment to orbit.
This is not just an ecological alternative — it is a potential breakthrough in computing architecture.
If terrestrial giants like Microsoft, Meta, and OpenAI continue to argue over where to get enough electricity to feed AI appetites, Starcloud answers simply: “Why limit yourself to Earth if you can go to space?”
🤖 What’s next
If the project succeeds, it will change the very logic of AI infrastructure. “Orbital cloud services” will emerge, capable of processing data without dependence on country, climate, or energy limits.
AI will literally “take off from Earth.”
Ironically but true: while others dream of a digital paradise on Earth, Starcloud is building AI heavens.
A video clip of the project can be viewed on our Telegram channel.
All content provided on this website (https://wildinwest.com/) -including attachments, links, or referenced materials — is for informative and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice. Third-party materials remain the property of their respective owners.