Nvidia GPU Heads Into Orbit on a Mission to Test Data Centers in Space

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A US startup is preparing to take an early step toward creating a data center in space by flying a $30,000 Nvidia enterprise GPU, the H100, into Earth’s orbit. 

The Redmond, Washington, startup Starcloud, formerly known as Lumen Orbit, is scheduled to launch a demo satellite carrying the H100 GPU sometime next month, according to Nvidia. 

In a blog post, Nvidia revealed that Starcloud plans to pack…