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The idea behind the merger of SpaceX and xAI, which IPOed, is to launch data processing centers in nearby space that would not take up space on Earth and could be powered by solar energy. Elon Musk said this week that such data centers will begin being put into orbit in the fourth quarter of next year.
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According to him, it is already 2028, he quoted Bloombergsuch SpaceX activities will reach “a significant proportion.” The company has submitted an application to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that should allow it to launch up to 1 million satellites into Earth orbit to serve as space-based data hubs for the company’s artificial intelligence infrastructure. The data centers will be based on components produced by Nvidia, as SpaceX recently decided to focus exclusively on that vendor’s platforms.
On the page of social network In the first generation of space data centers, the company plans to use the Vera Rubin NVL72 series of Nvidia components, optimized for this type of operating environment. When SpaceX was first preparing for its IPO, Musk said he intended to start putting data centers into orbit in 2028, but in subsequent quarterly reporting events he said it would happen this year. Nvidia Vera CPUs will be used in SpaceX infrastructure to synchronize the operations of ground and space data centers respectively.
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