- Nvidia reveals hardware for use in orbital data centers
- The Space-1 Vera Rubin module will offer huge increases in power and efficiency, with the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU in Erath to process the data.
- Six space companies have already signed up to work with Nvidia
Nvidia has laid out its plans to help launch the next generation of “space innovation,” specifically powering data centers in space with the latest artificial intelligence capabilities.
At Nvidia GTC 2026, the company revealed how its hardware is helping partners and “space operators” be more effective and powerful, particularly for operations such as disaster response, climate and weather predictions, and more.
This includes the Space-1 Vera Rubin module, Nvidia’s latest tool for orbital data centers (ODCs) running LLM and advanced base models, including a Rubin GPU that delivers up to 25 times more AI computing than its H100 and a high-bandwidth interconnect to process massive data streams from space instruments in real time.
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Looking forward
Nvidia notes that such power increases will enable space-based inference, with its IGX Thor and Jetson Orin platforms offering high-performance, energy-efficient AI inference, image sensing, and accelerated data processing to enable true edge computing in orbit in a compact module.
It will also help AI applications run seamlessly, “from earth to space and space to space,” while supporting increasingly complex missions and ODCs becoming more widespread.
Elsewhere, Nvidia’s data center platforms on planet Earth, including the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPU, will provide high-performance on-demand processing for geospatial intelligence, delivering up to 100x faster performance compared to legacy CPU-based batch systems when analyzing massive image files such as weather data.
The platform will also help AI applications run seamlessly, “from earth to space and space to space,” while supporting increasingly complex missions and ODCs becoming more widespread.
All of this should help unlock processes such as in-orbit analysis, autonomous scientific discovery and rapid knowledge generation, further boosting space technology, and six commercial space companies are believed to have already deployed the Space-1 Vera Rubin module.
“Space computing, the final frontier, has arrived. As we deploy satellite constellations and explore deeper into space, intelligence must live wherever data is generated,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia.
“AI processing across space and ground systems enables real-time sensing, decision-making and autonomy, transforming orbital data centers into instruments of discovery and spacecraft into automated navigation systems. With our partners, we are extending Nvidia beyond our planet, boldly taking intelligence where it has never gone before.”
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