Orbital Data Centers: Powering the Future with Space GPUs
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People Mentioned
- Andrew McAlp - Referenced for his viral post that generated online debate about the concept of data centers in space.
- Sam Altman - Mentioned for a talk he gave about 8 or 9 years ago, inspiring the idea that it's easier to build a hard company than an easy one.
Organizations & Institutions
- NVIDIA - Their H100 GPU was launched into orbit by Stardcloud, marking the first time a data center-grade terrestrial GPU operated in space. Their Blackwell architecture is planned for Stardcloud's second launch.
- Google - Stardcloud plans to be the first to run Gemini, an AI model, on their orbital satellite. They are also exploring data centers in orbit.
- SpaceX - Credited with driving down launch costs, enabling new business cases for space. They are also exploring data centers in orbit.
- Stoke Space - Mentioned as a startup building reusable rockets, contributing to lower launch costs.
- Y Combinator (YC) - Provided encouragement to Stardcloud to pursue their grand vision for data centers in space.
- Microsoft - Philip Johnston's co-founder, Addy, spent 20 years building data centers with Microsoft.
- NASA - Philip Johnston's co-founder, Ezra, worked on NASA's Lunar Pathfinder mission.
- Astro Digital - A bus manufacturer contracted by Stardcloud to build the bus for their first satellite.
- Amazon - Mentioned as exploring data centers in orbit.
Other Resources
- Starship Halo Bay - Referenced as a large payload capacity that could fit a 100-ton, 40-megawatt data center.