Nvidia Is Trying to Make a Computer for Orbital AI Data Centers - CNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Powering it is probably easy. Keeping things cool in a vacuum is the hard part. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stands in front of a screen displaying the company’s Space-1 Vera Rubin module for orbital AI data centers. Space may be the next frontier for the AI infrastructure boom, but it will take some work to make that happen, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said during his keynote address Monday at the company’s GTC conference in San Jose, California. While the company already has chips in satellites, creating a data center in space is an entirely different beast, Huang said. “Obviously, very complicated to do so.” Nvidia isn’t the only one eyeing orbit for AI factories. Elon Musk has talked often of putting data centers in space, which makes sense considering he recently merged the AI company he owns with the rocket company he owns. Read more: Nvidia GTC: All the AI and Robotics News From Jensen Huang’s Keyno