On November 2, 2025, NVIDIA teamed up with the startup Starcloud to launch the H100 GPU into space on board the Starcloud - 1 satellite. This satellite, which is orbiting the Earth at an altitude of roughly 350 kilometers, is currently conducting tests on AI processing applications. These applications include analyzing Earth observation images and running Google's large - scale language models. The H100 comes with 80GB of memory and boasts computational power that is a hundred times greater than that of the computers previously used in space. The space - based data center is powered by solar energy. Moreover, it takes advantage of the vacuum environment in space for cooling purposes. This means there's no need for the air or water cooling systems that are commonly used in ground - based facilities. As a result, the energy cost is merely one - tenth of what it is on the ground. Starcloud has plans to launch the more advanced Starcloud - 2 satellite next year. This satellite will be equipped with NVIDIA's next - generation Blackwell GPU. The long - term objective is to establish a 40 - megawatt data center in space, where the cost of data processing will be on par with that on the ground.